Leonardo A. Villalón is an associate professor of political science at the University of Florida in Gainesville and director of its Center for African Studies. He is at work on a project for the Carnegie Corporation of New York titled “Negotiating Democracy in Muslim Contexts: Political Liberalization and Religious Mobilization in the West African Sahel.” He […]

Mary Jo Iozzio is professor of theology and philosophy at Barry University in Miami Shores, Fla. She edited Considering Religious Traditions in Bioethics: Christian and Jewish Voices (University of Scranton Press, 2000).

Carolyn Tripp is a marketing professor at Southeastern University, a Christian school in Lakeland, Fla., where she focuses on marketing for Christian nonprofits.

Margaret Linnane is executive director of the Rollins Philanthropy & Nonprofit Leadership Center at Rollins College in Winter Park, Fla.

Paramahamsa Nithyananda is president of the International Vedic Hindu University in Orlando, Fla. (formerly Hindu University of America). The university provides education on yoga and Hinduism. He founded the Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam international movement for meditation.

The International Society for the Study of Religion, Nature & Culture is an organization of experts from around the world on religion, cultures, geographies and their environmental concerns. It is based at the University of Florida. Sarah Pike is the president. Communications director is Ipsita Chatterjea.

Danny Jorgensen is a professor in the department of religious studies at the University of South Florida in Tampa. He co-authored a chapter on Scientology in World Religions in America: An Introduction.

The Flag Service Organization in Clearwater, Fla., is referred to as the worldwide spiritual headquarters of the Church of Scientology. Contact through the website.

The Coalition for the Homeless of Central Florida provides services to the area’s homeless, with support from individuals, businesses, philanthropic and faith-based groups. Contact Trinette Nation.