Paul Brandeis Raushenbush (; born 24 June 1964)[1] is a US writer, editor, and religious activist.
He currently serves as president and CEO of Interfaith Alliance[2] and formerly served as Senior Advisor for Public Affairs and Innovation at Interfaith America (formerly the Interfaith Youth Core). He was Senior Vice President and editor of Voices at Auburn Seminary. From 2009 to 2015 he was the Executive Editor Of Global Spirituality and Religion for Huffington Post's Religion section,[3] and formerly served as editor of BeliefNet. From 2003 to 2011, Raushenbush served as Associate Dean of Religious Life and the Chapel at Princeton University,[4] and served as President of the Association Of College and University Religious Affairs (ACURA) from 2009 to 2011. Raushenbush is the co-founder with Wolfgang F. Danspeckgruber of PORDIR, The Program of Religion, Diplomacy, and International Relations at the Liechtenstein Institute on Self-Determination at Princeton University.
An ordained Baptist minister in the American Baptist tradition, Raushenbush is the great-grandson of 19th-century Baptist cleric and Social Gospel proponent Walter Rauschenbusch (name spelled differently).[5] He is also the great-grandson of Supreme Court Justice, Louis D. Brandeis and cousin of Richard Rorty.
He is a graduate of Macalester College and Union Theological Seminary in New York.[6] He is married to the author Brad Gooch, and they have two children.
On July 22, 2022, it was announced that Raushenbush would become the new president and CEO of The Interfaith Alliance, replacing the former Rabbi Jack Moline.[7]
In 2022, Paul Raushenbush was asked the question: "Is separation of church and state going to be a big issue for the Interfaith Alliance?" Rev. Paul Raushenbush replied:
"Absolutely. The origin of church and state is to protect religion from over-encroachment by the state. Public schools should be places where people can come as they are. That includes nonreligious people, whether secular humanists or atheists. I’m not interested in erasure. I want to draw the line at making religion positive and non-coercive."