Written by Michael Palmer. Palmer explains the basic philosophical arguments behind Atheism.

Lars Noah is a law professor at the Fred G. Levin College of Law of the University of Florida in Gainesville and author of Law, Medicine and Medical Technology: Cases and Materials, 2nd ed. (Foundation Press, 2006).

Lewis Grossman is a professor at Washington College of Law at American University in Washington, D.C., and co-author of Food and Drug Law: Cases and Materials, 3rd ed. (Foundation Press, 2007). His interests include civil procedure, food and drug law and legal history. He is of counsel at the law firm of Covington & Burling.

Frances Miller is a professor of law emerita at Boston University School of Law. Her interests include health law, food and drug law, biotechnology and genetics, comparative health systems, competition vs. regulation in health care and trusts and estates.

Mary Ann Chirba is a professor of legal reasoning, research & writing at the Boston College Law School in Newton, Mass.

Written by Kerry Walters. Walters gives an overview of the history and philosophy of Atheism.

Written by Robin Le Poidevin. Le Poidevin explains agnosticism as an ideology and writes about its history and development.

The Rev. Frederick W. Schmidt is director of spiritual formation and Anglican studies and an associate professor of Christian spirituality at Southern Methodist University, Dallas. He is the author of A Still Small Voice: Women, Ordination and the Church (Syracuse University Press, 1996).

Dec. 18, 2006, The New Yorker article by Dr. Jerome Groopman about the Abigail Alliance case.