A 2007 survey covering spirituality in U.S. university students tracks the students’ religious beliefs, the change in religious interests over time and how home influences may effect university religious activism.

A survey regarding spiritual interest by students attending universities has increased over the last decade, according to the Interfaith Youth Core administration in 2012.

Read this article from HowStuffWorks about why humans have a tendency to give.

Read a Jan. 31, 2012 article about universities’ responsibility with addressing religion, and how that relationship would be implemented in curriculums or programs.

Bryan Fischer is the former director of issue analysis for government and public policy at the American Family Association, where he is now host of its “Focal Point” radio show. He has suggested that no more Muslims should be allowed to immigrate to the U.S.

Read a Nov. 29, 2010, post at ReligionDispatches by Gary Laderman, titled “The Economy is Sacred, Stupid.” Laderman, chair of the religion department at Emory University, dissects the American impulse using religious tools.

Read a March 19, 2012 article about the struggle atheist or secular students have with voicing their opinions at religious universities.

Rev. Deborah Lee is executive director of the Interfaith Movement for Human Integrity, which is based in Oakland, Calif. She helped boost northern California churches’ participation in the sanctuary movement.

Read a Nov. 29, 2010, story in The Boston Globe, “How to help (yourself),” that shows gift-giving and doing for others may help ease the giver’s emotional disorders.