Laurie M. Johnson is a professor of political science and is President of the Maurin Academy, which provides online roundtables, study circles, classes, and lecture series for the clarification of thought. She also works at the John Paul II Catholic Worker Farm in Kansas City, Missouri. She is the author of eight books, most recently The Gap in God’s Country: A Longer View on Our Culture Wars (Wipf and Stock, 2024).Read Full Biography