The Department of Pastoral Services at the Duke University Medical Center provides spiritual services for individuals experiencing health crises.

The Islamic Medical Association of North America aims to provide a forum and resource for Muslim physicians and other health-care professionals, to promote a greater awareness of Islamic medical ethics and values among Muslims and the community at large, to provide humanitarian and medical relief and to be an advocate in health-care policy.

The Zen Hospice Project in San Francisco, founded in 1987, is the only residential Buddhist hospice in the United States and seeks to be open and present for those facing death. B.J. Miller is executive director.

The Balm in Gilead is a nonprofit that gives faith communities resources to help stop the spread of AIDS.

Why should the secular media cover religion? By Gayle White The Atlanta Journal-Constitution* Why should the secular media cover politics? Or science? Or sports? Because they are part of human life and contribute to the order of society. Often, religion provides the “why” in the equation of a story. Faith motivates people, groups and, at […]

James D. Proctor is a professor and director of the Environmental Studies Program at Lewis & Clark College in Portland, Ore. He holds degrees in environmental science and religious studies. He has directed programs on the relationship of science and religion.

Terry M. Gray is a computer support scientist in the chemistry department at Colorado State University in Fort Collins and is active in the American Scientific Affiliation.

Martinez J. Hewlett is an emeritus professor of molecular biology at the University of Arizona, a lay member of the Dominican order and resident of Taos, N.M. He is also an adjunct professor at the Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology of the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, Calif.

Deborah Haarsma is president of the BioLogos Foundation, a Christian organization that promotes the harmony of religion and science. She is a former professor in the physics and astronomy department at Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Mich., and has written widely on the relationship of science and religion.