Read a Jan. 28, 2005, article, “Choosing Their Flock,” on the Chronicle website. Contact author Burton Bollag.

Read a Jan. 25, 2005, Christian Science Monitor article, “Campus Christians: Not always at ease,” about Christians feeling as though their faith is mocked in the classroom.

Read a May 12, 2000, Chronicle of Higher Education article describing how nondiscrimination clauses affected a religious group at Tufts University.

The Macdonald Center for the Study of Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations, part of Hartford Seminary in Connecticut, is the country’s oldest center for such study. With a history that traces back to 1893, the center focuses on research, teaching, publication and public discourse. Its faculty includes Mahmoud Ayoub, the Rev. Steven Blackburn and Yahya Michot.

Robert Tuttle is a research professor of law and religion at George Washington University. He co-authored, along with Ira C. Lupu, Secular Government, Religious People.

Roman P. Storzer is a leading RLUIPA attorney in Washington, D.C., who has represented dozens of religious groups on land use cases and is one of the country’s most experienced litigators in this field.

Erik Stanley is senior legal counsel for the Alliance Defense Fund.

Herb Silverman is president emeritus of the Secular Coalition for America. He speaks and writes frequently on topics dealing with freethought and atheism.

Attorney Gene Schaerr helped draft RLUIPA, testified on its behalf before Congress and has been heavily involved in defending it.