Facing the Giants opened in more than 400 theaters Sept. 29, 2006. Distributed by Provident Films, a division of Sony Pictures, the film was made by Sherwood Baptist Church in Albany, Ga., and stars members of the church’s staff.

Conversations With God: The Movie, based on the best-selling spiritual books by Neale Donald Walsch, was released Oct. 27, 2006. Film producer Stephen Simon co-founded the Spiritual Cinema Circle, a group of people interested in films that explore spirituality, and directed the film.

One Night with the King is a biblical epic about the life of the Jewish queen Esther that opened in 850 theaters Oct. 13, 2006. Based on the novel Hadassah: One Night with the King by charismatic minister Tommy Tenney, it stars Peter O’Toole and Omar Sharif. Produced by Gener8Xion Entertainment, it was endorsed by the American Bible Society […]

The Nativity Story is a production of New Line Cinema, the company that made the Oscar-winning Lord of the Rings film trilogy. It was released Dec. 1, 2006, on 3,000 screens in the U.S. and showed in 27 countries.

Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami is the spiritual leader of the Saiva Siddhanta Church and publisher of Hinduism Today, a magazine of global Hinduism, which is published at Kauai’s Hindu Monastery in Kapaa, Hawaii.

Donald E. Wildmon is founder and chairman of the American Family Association in Tupelo, Miss. Wildmon is an outspoken figure who is frequently in the news. Contact through Diane O’Neal.

Peter Gottschalk is a professor of religion at Wesleyan University in Middletown, Conn. He studies the dynamic of the cultural interplay between Hinduism, Islam, and the West.

Read an Aug. 24, 2010, interview with singer Natalie Grant about her new album, a commentary on human trafficking. The article appeared in Christianity Today.

Joanne Punzo Waghorne is a professor of religion at Syracuse University where she works in contemporary theoretical directions in the study of religion, new religious movements, globalization, and transnational migration. She has written a book about the construction of Hindu temples and their internal organizations in urban areas, including Washington, D.C.