Jon Butler is emeritus professor of American studies, history and religious studies at Yale University. He co-edited Religion in American Life, a 17-book Oxford University series that treats religion as an academic subject for children and young adults.

Elizabeth Ridenour is president of the National Council on Bible Curriculum in Public Schools, whose goal is to introduce a state-certified Bible elective into public high schools nationwide. See a list of its advisory board and board of directors. It’s based in Greensboro, N.C.

Sarah Jenislawski is executive director of the Bible Literacy Project, founded in 2001 to encourage academic study of the Bible in public schools. It’s based in Front Royal, Va.

The Texas Freedom Network offers a timeline of the battle regarding censorship of school textbooks in Texas.

Read a July 21, 2004, MSNBC.com article on the sex education textbook debate in Texas.

Read a Nov. 6, 2004, Dallas Morning News story posted by the Seattle Times about the outcome of the Texas vote.

The Bible Literacy Project offers a list of biblical terms teens should know versus what they do know.

Read a Jan. 27, 2006, New York Times story about when Democrats in Alabama and Georgia introduced legislation to teach the Bible in public schools.

Read a March 29, 2006, New York Times story about Georgia becoming the first state to approve the Bible as a textbook.