Read a Dec. 5, 2011 Patheos column in which the author writes about her fascination with Mary.

Read a Dec. 23, 2012 article about how religion has once again become prominent as a popular topic for discussion on college campuses.

Dan Biles, pastor at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Spring Grove, Pa., preached about Mary in this December 2009 sermon.

See a January 2008 U.S. News & World Report story.

Richard B. Wilke is a retired United Methodist Bishop and the author of Christmas: The Good, the Bad & the Ugly (August 2010), an Advent study focusing on Herod, the shepherds and others from the Christmas story.

Read a Sept. 17, 2012 article about the expansion of religious diversity on college campuses in the U.S.

The Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., is dedicated to the interdisciplinary study of religion, ethics, and public life.

Rich Nathan is pastor of Vineyard Church of Columbus in Westerville, Ohio, a congregation of 10,000 that includes members who came from 75 different countries. He has said he’s seen how the immigration system can separate families or prevent them from visiting sick or dying relatives.

Read a Jan 28, 2013 article about the opening of a Christian residential hall at a secular university.