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

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

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.

Read a May 2, 2013 New York Times article about the growth in activity and popularity for religious students at universities.

Read a Nov. 30, 2003, Boston Globe article about the rising profile of Christian evangelical groups at liberal colleges in the Northeast.

Read a Nov. 9, 2001, story describing the struggles of Muslim students to fit in at school while remaining devout.

Read a Feb. 8, 2002, Chronicle of Higher Education article about how religion is viewed on college campuses.

John Efron is a professor of history and Jewish studies at the University of California-Berkeley. His focus is on the cultural and intellectual history of modern Judaism. He wrote Medicine and the German Jews: A History (Yale University Press, Spring 2001) and The Jews: A History, with Matthias Lehmann and Steven Weitzman (Prentice Hall, 2009), among others.