Lael Atkinson is pastor of Payson Park United Church of Christ in Belmont, Mass. In 2003, she delivered a sermon about America as a culture that consumes too much of everything, including food.

Published by P.J. Kenedy & Sons. The Official Catholic Directory is a guide to Catholic clergy in the United States and around the world.

Written by Alban Butler and Paul Burns (Liturgical Press, 1999). Butler and Burns write a revised guide to the history of the Catholic patron saints.

Published by Our Sunday Visitor (2012). The Catholic Almanac is a directory of Catholicism in the U.S. It is updated annually.

The International Buddhist Society has a mission to “propagate Buddhism through its practice, and to educate all sentient beings on how to attain Enlightenment and purification of the mind.”

The International Association of Buddhist Studies (IABS) is an organization dedicated to the promotion and support of Buddhist studies with “scientific research and communication as preeminent objectives.”

The Diocese of Wilmington serves the Catholic communities of Delaware and Eastern Connecticut. Rev. W. Francis Malooly is bishop.

The Detroit Free Press provides this resource on Islam and Arab-Americans in the U.S.

Pulpit & Pew: Research on Pastoral Leadership is a research project at Duke Divinity School between the years of 2001-2005 in the U.S. This study was the largest such survey ever conducted of U.S. pastoral leaders.