Read a Jan. 31, 2012 article about universities’ responsibility with addressing religion, and how that relationship would be implemented in curriculums or programs.

Bryan Fischer is the former director of issue analysis for government and public policy at the American Family Association, where he is now host of its “Focal Point” radio show. He has suggested that no more Muslims should be allowed to immigrate to the U.S.

Read a Nov. 29, 2010, post at ReligionDispatches by Gary Laderman, titled “The Economy is Sacred, Stupid.” Laderman, chair of the religion department at Emory University, dissects the American impulse using religious tools.

Read a March 19, 2012 article about the struggle atheist or secular students have with voicing their opinions at religious universities.

Rev. Deborah Lee is executive director of the Interfaith Movement for Human Integrity, which is based in Oakland, Calif. She helped boost northern California churches’ participation in the sanctuary movement.

Read a Nov. 29, 2010, story in The Boston Globe, “How to help (yourself),” that shows gift-giving and doing for others may help ease the giver’s emotional disorders.

Read an April 2, 2012 USA Today article about the anti-bias policy being implemented in religious organizations at Vanderbilt University, Tenn.

Read a Nov. 30, 2010, story in USA Today, “Unraveling the mystery of why we give, or don’t,” about new research into the biology of altruism.

The Rev. Ben Daniel is pastor of Montclair Presbyterian Church in Oakland, Calif. He is the author of Neighbor: Christian Encounters With “Illegal” Immigration.