To all of you who think "Rush" is a good answer, to quote "One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest," "Do me a favor . . . and stay off my side."
I would nominate, as a "rising star," Francis Beckwith, who was nearly blackballed at Baylor for publishing an article arguing for the legal legitimacy of teaching ID in public school classrooms as an alternative to Darwinism.
I don't know if either of these men are particularly political creatures, but I take great pleasure in knowing that two of the nation's premier philosophers--John Hare at Yale and Alving Plantinga at ND--are traditional, orthodox, evangelical Christians. Aren't all evangelicals stupid fundy-nut-jobs? :0)
Condie should go on the list.
As a PhD candidate, myself, there is no doubt in my mind that there is a very liberal environment that dominates academia. I have some ideas as to why that is, but that is beyond the scope of this thread . . .
There's something else that dominates. It's called club membership. I prefer an honest liberal over a dishonest conservative.