The Rev. Paul Brandeis Raushenbush is president and CEO of Interfaith Alliance. An ordained Baptist minister, Paul is a longtime interfaith leader and renowned advocate for civil rights and religious freedom. He works with affiliates, networks and leaders across the country to forge alliances among people of diverse faiths and beliefs to build a resilient, inclusive multi-faith democracy.
Paul speaks regularly at colleges, faith communities and institutes around the country – including The Chautauqua Institute, the Center for American Progress, Council on Foreign Relations, the New America Foundation and the Aspen Institute. He is a frequent commentator on issues of religion, civil rights and social justice in media outlets including CNN, MSNBC, NPR, CBS, ABC, The New York Times, Washington Post, BBC, Newsweek, The Hill, the Guardian and Salon. He has published two books and contributed essays to several volumes on faith in public life. Paul also hosts the weekly podcast and radio show “The State of Belief,” in partnership with Religion News Service. Prior to coming to Interfaith Alliance, Paul served as senior vice president of the Auburn Seminary, and as the founding and executive editor of HuffPost Religion. He’s also served as associate dean of religious life and the chapel at Princeton University and as the senior advisor for public affairs and innovation at Interfaith America. Paul is married to the author Brad Gooch and lives in New York City where they are raising their two children. He is the great-grandson of Supreme Court Justice Louis D. Brandeis and the great-grandson of the theologian Rev. Walter Rauschenbusch
