A Jan. 2, 2013, New York Times story previewed the conference at the Center for Jewish History and explored religious aspects of the most famous superhero.

Read a Feb. 1, 2013, Smart Set column about a conference at the Center for Jewish History that celebrated the Man of Steel’s 75th birthday — and focused on his Jewish roots.

Lynn Davidman is a professor of modern Jewish studies at the University of Kansas in Lawrence. She is an expert on those who leave Hasidic and Orthodox Judaism, both in the U.S. and in Israel.

A sensationally popular book series about the love between a vampire and a human. The Mormon author, Stephanie Meyer, infuses her books with a number of religious oriented values, especially in regards to abstinence.

Read an April 7, 2013, column in the Huffington Post by S. Brent Plate, a visiting associate professor of religious studies at Hamilton College.

Read this New Republic article published April 18, 2013, to mark the Man of Steel’s 75 years.

Ann Stone is the head of Republicans for Choice in Alexandria, Va., which says its aim is to remove politics from the abortion debate.

Read a Q-and-A in the April 28, 2013, edition of Our Sunday Visitor with Franciscan University of Steubenville philosophy professor Jonathan Sanford, co-editor of Spider-Man and Philosophy: The Web of Inquiry.

Gerard Heather is a political science professor at San Francisco State University and an expert on religion and politics.