Read an August 2012 research report about the effects of religion on the spread of AIDS in Africa.

Read a Jan. 6, 2011, article in Bloomberg Businessweek about Kiva, a microlending non-profit, and how microfinancing can help women around the globe.

The Institute of Halal Investing in Portland, Ore., can provide an Islamic perspective on microfinance and development assistance. It is associated with Rubicon Global, a halal financial advisory firm.

Silvia Sara Canetto is a psychology professor at Colorado State University in Fort Collins. She has written extensively about assisted suicide.

John Hardwig is professor emeritus of philosophy at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. His research interests include bioethics, especially end-of-life issues, and he is the editor of Is There a Duty to Die?: And Other Essays in Medical Ethics.

Richard Norman is a professor emeritus of moral philosophy at the University of Kent. He is the author of On Humanism (Routledge, 2004) and a founding member of Humanist Philosophers Group.

Peter Millican is the Gilbert Ryle Fellow and Professor of Philosophy at Hertford College, Oxford University. His research focuses on the life and work of Scottish philosopher David Hume,philosophy’s connections to politics, society, religion and science and the creationism versus evolution debate. He is a member of the Humanist Philosophers Group.

Stephen McLeod is a professor of philosophy at the University of Liverpool. His interests include logic, philosophy of language, ethics, history of modern philosophy and metaphysics. He is a member of the Humanist Philosophers Group.

Sandra Marshall is a professor emeritus of philosophy at the University of Stirling. She is interested in research which connects legal, political and social philosophy. She is a member of the Humanist Philosophers Group.