Read the July 6, 2005, Washington Times article “Christian groups unite against worst African ills.”

Nyang is 
a professor of African studies at Howard University. He teaches and has written extensively about Islam and was the co-principal investigator for the research project “Muslims in the American Public Square.”

Dwight N. Hopkins, University of Chicago theology professor, has written about black theology of liberation and also about gun control. Black liberation theology, he says, is aligning more closely with black churches and developing partnerships with liberation theologians in Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, Latin America and the Pacific Islands.

TotallyJewishTravel sells advertising space for Passover events in more than 40 U.S. locations and on five continents. It’s a good place to look for an overview.

Harvard University’s Pluralism Project maintains an archive of newspaper and magazine articles published between 1997 and 2011 on different faiths. For recent articles, visit the Religious Diversity News Feed service.

Selected data from Freedom House’s  annual survey of political rights and civil liberties.

A branch of Quaker yearly meetings (regional associations) around the world that profess evangelical Christian beliefs.

Stories on Africa from CNN’s blog covering faith news, culture, breaking news and trends.  The blog is edited by CNN’s Daniel Burke and Eric Marrapodi with daily contributions from CNN’s worldwide newsgathering team and frequent posts from religion scholar and author Stephen Prothero.

News on Africa from the non-profit WWRN service, providing the international academic and legal community with up-to-date religious news.