Rachel Wagner is an associate professor of religion and philosophy at Ithaca College in Ithaca, N.Y. She has taught courses on religion and video games and is interested in the ways video and computer games depict rituals and sacred space, such as churches and cemeteries.

A BBC article on Islam explains that abortion is generally forbidden by the religion, but is acceptable if having the baby will put the mother’s life in danger.

This 2002 survey from the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University, found that of the 65.6 percent who said they gave money to help victims of the attack, the average gift was about $134 and half gave small donations of $50 or less. Also, 8.3 percent said they donated time – an average of 17 […]

Read this August 30, 2005, article by Albert Mohler, president of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Ky.

Read this column by Terry Mattingly published on September 1, 2005, on GetReligion.org.

Read this September 2005 Beliefnet.com article detailing apocalyptic theories about what Hurricane Katrina could have meant for society.

Kenneth R. White is a professor of health administration at Virginia Commonwealth University’s School of Allied Health Professions in Richmond. He is a registered nurse with clinical and administrative experience and has also worked in hospital operations and marketing. He has written about end-of-life care, charity care, HIV care and the administrative concerns unique to […]

Kevin E. Lofton is president and CEO at the Denver-based Catholic Health Initiatives. CHI is operated by a religious-lay partnership. It is one of the largest Catholic health systems firm in the country, with hospitals; long-term care, assisted and independent living and residential facilities; and community-based health organizations in 16 states.

Arthur Caplan is a professor of bioethics and director of the division of medical ethics at New York University’s school of medicine. He co-edited Assisted Suicide: Finding Common Ground.