The Rev. Ken Davis is director of the Program for Formation of Hispanic Ministry at St. Meinrad School of Theology in Indiana and co-author of Emerging Voices, Urgent Choices: Essays on Latino/a Religious Leadership (Brill Academic Press, 2006).

Paula Nesbitt is a visiting associate professor of sociology at the University of California, Berkeley. She is the author of Feminization of the Clergy in America: Occupational and Organizational Perspectives (Oxford University Press, 1997).

Dean R. Hoge was a professor of sociology at Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. His books include, as co-author, Pastors in Transition: Why Clergy Leave Local Church Ministry (Eerdmans, 2005). Read a 2003 speech he co-authored, posted by Pulpit & Pew.

Dr. Sidney Wolfe is a senior adviser and co-founder of the Health Research Group, one of Public Citizen’s five policy groups. Public Citizen is a nonprofit public interest group in Washington, D.C. Contact Angela Bradbery, director of communications.

James E. Dittes is a professor emeritus of pastoral counseling at Yale University in New Haven, Conn., and has researched clergy calling. His books include, as author, Re-Calling Ministry (Chalice Press, 1999).

Kyle Roberts is executive director of the Congregational Library in Boston and the author of Evangelical Gotham: Religion and the Making of New York City, 1783-1860.

The New York Times has gathered basic information and an archive of its stories regarding atheism on a “Times Topics” page.

Freethoughtpedia is an online repository of information and commentary about the freethought movement. As with any open-source site, reporters should confirm anything found there before using it in stories.

Beliefnet’s page on secular philosophies includes a number of forums and features for nonbelievers.