The fall 2008 issue of Reflections, the magazine of Yale Divinity School, is titled “Who Is My Neighbor?” and is dedicated to the issue of immigration. It has a range of articles on the topic from a variety of religious perspectives.

The American Center for Law & Justice offers a resource page on churches’ tax-exempt status. ACLJ has frequently argued in court for the right of churches to engage in politics.

See a resource from the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life on political endorsements by religious groups.

Americans United for Separation of Church and State has this FAQ on electioneering by houses of worship.

Read “Legal Dos and Don’ts” for churches and pastors, posted by iVoteValues.com, a website of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission.

Read the First Amendment Center’s backgrounder on tax exemptions for religious groups, including FAQ and relevant court cases.

Michael Peletz is an anthropology professor at Emory University in Atlanta. He is an expert on Islam and politics in Malaysia, Indonesia and other parts of Southeast Asia.

Read a June 29, 2013, story from The New York Times about Texas’ record of executed inmates’ last words. The state, with the highest number of executions in the U.S., keeps an online database of the executed’s last words.

Kevin Hasson is chairman and president of the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty. Contact through Tom Carter.