Read a March 15, 2006, story from the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America News Service about Katrina’s impact on Lutheran congregations along the Gulf Coast.

Transcript of a speech given by famed evangelist Pat Robertson about why evangelical Christians support Israel.

April 6, 2011, survey results presented by the Pew Research Center showing that nearly two-thirds of white evangelical Protestants (64 percent) say helping to protect Israel should be a very important policy goal for the U.S. in the Middle East, compared with 34 percent of white mainline Protestants and 36 percent of white Catholics.

Read an April 4, 2006, Beliefnet story from a Katrina survivor who writes that “the only thing that keeps me sane is knowing that God has a purpose for me.”

The Gulf Coast region includes many religious influences – among them, evangelical Protestantism and strong Catholicism, intertwined with a deeply Southern sense of family rootedness and place. Read a Sept. 18, 2005, story from The Boston Globe about the “distinctively Southern” nature of Katrina’s impact, and about how some people have responded in religious terms.

The U.S. Religious Landscape Survey is an extensive survey by the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life which details the religious makeup, beliefs and practices as well as social and political attitudes of the American public.

Read this July 15, 2009, Chicago Tribune article about the Episcopal Church, the American arm of the Anglican Communion, voting to make gays and lesbians eligible for any ordained ministry.

Nov 13, 2012, The Atlantic article about the weakening strength of Evangelicals in presidential elections, demonstrated in the 2012 election, and the increasing influence of minority voters in the U.S.

Read this May 3, 2012, New York Times article about the United Methodist Church voting overwhelmingly not to change language in its books of laws and doctrines about homosexuality, including ordination of gay clergy.