Peacemaking with Pluralism

McKay Coppins is a staff writer at The Atlantic. He has received the Aldo Beckman Award from the White House Correspondents’ Association for his coverage of the Trump presidency and the Wilbur Award for religion journalism. He is the author of The Wilderness, a book about the battle over the future of the Republican Party, and Romney: A Reckoning, a biography of Mitt Romney. He has received the Aldo Beckman Award from the White House Correspondents Association for his coverage of the Trump presidency and the Wilbur Award for religion journalism. In 2026, Coppins served as a producer on Dynasty: The Murdochs, a Netflix docuseries based on his reporting. He also co-hosts a podcast and appears frequently on television as a political analyst. He lives near Washington, D.C., with his wife and children.

Elder Clark G. Gilbert was called to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles on February 11, 2026. At the time of his call, he was serving as a General Authority Seventy and as the Commissioner of Church Education. Prior to his assignment as the Commissioner of Education, Elder Gilbert was the inaugural president of BYU–Pathway Worldwide. He also served previously as the president of BYU–Idaho. Elder Gilbert received a bachelor’s degree from Brigham Young University, a master’s degree from Stanford University, and a doctorate from Harvard University. He worked as a professor of entrepreneurial management at Harvard University. He was later the chief executive officer of the Deseret News and Deseret Digital Media. Clark Gordon Gilbert was born in Oakland, California, on June 18, 1970. He served as a full-time missionary in the Japan Kobe Mission. He married Christine Calder in 1994. They are the parents of eight children.