Read a 2008 Christian Chronicle article about the decline in attendance of New England pulpits and the struggle of working with small communities for clergy members.

Read a July 16, 2010, ABC News/Nightline story about a “de-baptism ceremony” at the American Atheists convention.

Read a Jan. 31, 2013 Catholic News Service story discussing woman priesthood and responses that have been evoked by the debate.

Listen to the Aug. 22, 2010, podcast of To the Best of Our Knowledge from Wisconsin Public Radio; the episode, titled “Losing Religion,” includes an interview with sociologist Phil Zuckerman about his research on Scandinavia, where religion plays a very limited role in society.

Read a May 13, 2013 National Catholic Register article about the clergy sex abuse scandals and its effects on the community of clergy men and women.

Read an Aug. 30, 2010, NPR story about the connection between human evolution and belief in the super-natural.

Read a May 22, 2013 Huffington Post article about the Vatican’s order to change parts of the traditional prayers and rubrics of Mass. A survey showed that 60 percent of priests were dissatisfied with the change.

Written by Christopher Hitchens. Hitchens writes about the history of atheist and agnostic thought.

Edited by Louise M. Antony. Antony compiles a collection of essays from nineteen different philosophers that prove that morality exists outside of religion.