How do religion writers cope with organizational, stylistic and cultural differences in the people they write about? By Ira Rifkin Freelance Writer My first experience with Messianic Jews occurred soon after I started on the religion beat. What I lacked in sensitivity at the time I made up for with arrogance. Messianic Judaism offended my […]

Focus on the Family provides a summary page on marriage.

The Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life provides provides a resources page listing religious groups’ official positions on same-sex marriage.

The Academic Jewish Studies Internet Directory lists and provides links to university programs in Jewish studies in the United States.

Newsweek magazine posted a Web-exclusive list of the 50 most influential rabbis in America on April 11, 2008.

Creighton University, a Catholic institution in Omaha, Neb., offers an online Lenten retreat with African refugees.

Read a March 14, 2011, Religion News Service article on whether Christians divorce at a similar or lower rate than other Americans.

Catholic publisher Loyola Press in Chicago offers a wide variety of online Lenten resources, among them a retreat and a Holy Week devotional based on the seven last words of Christ. Contact Director of communications at Loyola is Molly Hart.

Jewish Prisoner Services serves Jewish inmates before, during and after incarceration.