Religious studies prof extraordinaire Stephen Prothero has the list. Only Commonweal contributor is Cardinal Dolan. No Rocco Palmo. No George Weigel. How could that be?

1-6: Chief Justice John Roberts and Associate Justices Antonin Scalia, Anthony Kennedy, Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito and Sonia Sotomayor7: Speaker of the House John Boehner8. Vice President Joe Biden9. Rick Santorum, former U.S. senator from Pennsylvania10. Archbishop Timothy Dolan11. Stephen Colbert12. Blogger Andrew Sullivan

Combox open for nominations.

David Gibson is the director of Fordham’s Center on Religion & Culture.

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