Sharon Suh is a professor and chair of the department of theology and religious studies at Seattle University. She specializes in the study of Buddhism and was an advisor to the Pew Research Center on its study of Buddhism.

The Journal of Buddhist Ethics is an academic journal affiliated with Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pa. It was the first academic journal focused on Buddhist ethics. Daniel Cozort is general editor.

Dec. 20, 2005, ruling by Judge John E. Jones III of the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania which states that intelligent design cannot be taught in public schools.

PBS’ “Faith and Reason” series has tackled several issues involved with the confluence of science and religion. The website offers resources on several of the topics the series has covered.

Legal backgrounder published in 2005 by the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life on the relevant legal cases involving evolution.

Michael D. Palm Center (formerly Center for the Study of Sexual Minorities in the Military) at University of California, Santa Barbara is a research institute that works to educate and provide resources concerning modern issues, such as gender and sexuality.

The Gender Identity Research and Education Society in England is an organization dedicated to the research and education on transgender peoples.

Read an April 22, 2007 New York Times review of the popular novel The Reluctant Fundamentalist (2007) by Mohsin Hamid that studies the constructed relationship between Islam and fundamentalism by Americans after 9/11.

Peter A. Huff is chairman of the department of religious studies at Centenary College of Louisiana in Shreveport. Huff teaches courses on global fundamentalism and is the author of What Are They Saying About Fundamentalisms? (Paulist Press, 2008).