Michael Gomez is a history professor at New York University with a focus on the African diaspora. He wrote Black Crescent: The Experience and Legacy of African Muslims in the Americas (Cambridge University Press, 2005), which deals in part with Noble Drew Ali, Malcolm X and the Nation of Islam.

Written by Leland Ryken (Crossway, 2011). Ryken writes about the impact of and influence on the King James Bible on biblical translation and Anglo culture.

Edited by Hannibal Hamlin and Norman Jones (Cambridge University Press, 2011). The King James Bible After 400 Years is a compilation of essays examining the writing and history of the King James Bible from a variety of different academic perspectives.

Written by David Crystal (Oxford University Press, 2010). Crystal, a linguist, writes about the influence of the KJV on the evolution of the English language.

The Rev. Robin Meyers is a United Church of Christ pastor, syndicated columnist and professor of rhetoric at Oklahoma City University. Books he has written include Why the Christian Right Is Wrong: A Minister’s Manifesto for Taking Back Your Faith, Your Flag, Your Future.

The University of San Diego Center for the Study of Latino/a Catholicism is an organization dedicated to studying the theological influence of hispanics and Catholicism on society and church in the U.S. The center maintains an extensive list of Internet resources related to U.S. Hispanic and Latin American Catholicism.

Read about the history of the Nation of Islam and Beliefnet.com’s FAQs about the Nation of Islam.

A gathering of top U.S. Hispanic business leaders in Allenspark, Colo., considered the spiritual, cultural and economic role of U.S. Hispanics, according to an Aug. 21, 2006, Catholic News Agency article.

Tremper Longman III is the Robert H. Gundry Professor of Biblical Studies at Westmont College in Santa Barbara, Calif. He has been active in Bible translation and is a member of the committee that produced the New Living Translation.