The Hartford Institute for Religion Research posts a page with links to research reports on faith-based social services.

The Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life posts a resource page on religion and social welfare that includes links to reports and publications.

The website of the White House Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships includes information on grants as well as upcoming regional conferences and targeted workshops aimed at helping organizations apply for grants.

Phil Zuckerman is a professor of sociology and secular studies at Pitzer College in Claremont, Calif. He is the author of The Nonreligious: Understanding Secular People and Societies.

Gregory Koukl is founder and president of Stand to Reason, an organization devoted to Christian apologetics and based in Signal Hill, Calif. He is also an adjunct professor of Christian apologetics at Biola University and has written in defense of faith against the arguments of the new atheists.

The Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization aims to coordinate between Islamic universities, educational and scientific institutions.

The Islamic University of Ghana is an institution of high learning that teaches in areas of business, communication, religious studies, information systems and law.

100 Influential Voices from the Arab World is a project by The Center for Global Engagement at the Institute for American Values and Al-Tasamoh developed this list of scholars, thinkers, journalists and artists that influence the Arab world.

Irshad Manji is a writer-in-residence at the University of Toronto in Toronto, Canada, and author of The Trouble With Islam Today: A Muslim’s Call for Reform in Her Faith (2004). Contact via the form on the website.