Tami Coyne and Karen Weissman are known as “The Spiritual Chicks” and are authors of The Spiritual Chicks Question Everything: Learn to Risk, Release and Soar (Red Wheel, 2003). In the book, they discuss whether God loves fat people and conclude that God does. Both Chicks live in New York City.

Miriam Berg is president of the Council on Size and Weight Discrimination, a national nonprofit group based in Mount Marion, N.Y., that works to eliminate weight discrimination and “sizism.”

Francine Prose is the author of 10 books, including Gluttony, part of the “Seven Deadly Sins” series (Oxford University Press, 2003). She is a distinguished writer in residence at Bard College in New York. She lives in New York City.

Religion Bookline is a monthly newsletter from PublishersWeekly.com with news, features, columns, reviews, author interviews, market-segment bestseller lists and more.

The Religion Communicators Council is an interfaith association of religion communicators at work in print and electronic communication, marketing and in public relations. It is based in New York City. Shirley Struchen is executive director.

Indian Country Today Media Network is a weekly magazine that serves as a national news source for Native Americans and tribes in the United States.

The Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe in Akwesasne, N.Y., maintains a page on its website with news about the tribe.

Mishpacha Jewish Family Weekly is an Orthodox Jewish magazine. It is published in Jerusalem. Its North American office is based in Brooklyn.

The Rockland Jewish Reporter is the official monthly publication of the Jewish Federation of Rockland County. It is based in West Nyack, N.Y. Marla Cohen is editor.