Read a history of fixed-hour prayer by Phyllis Tickle as posted on the Web site explorefaith.org.

Read an excerpt of Praying With Our Hands: 21 Practices of Embodied Prayer from the World’s Spiritual Traditions by Jon Sweeney as posted on Beliefnet.com.

The Calvin Institute of Christian Worship is an organization based in Grand Rapids, Mich., dedicated to promoting Christian scholarship. Its online resources include information about the practice of fixed-hour prayer and about disability within faith communities.

Rabbi Shmuley Boteach is an Orthodox rabbi from Englewood, N.J., who has become a nationally known figure through his writings and television appearances. Boteach (pronounced boh-TAY-ock) offers family and personal advice based in traditional Jewish wisdom. He hosts the Learning Channel program Shalom in the Home and became popular through his book Kosher Sex: A Recipe for Passion and […]

Read an essay by Michael Kress, editor in chief of MyJewishLearning.com, about the factions and tensions within the Orthodox movement.

Paul Plenge Parker is chairman of the theology department at Elmhurst College in Elmhurst, Ill., and has written about miracles and healing.

Read a May 23, 2003, National Catholic Reporter review that discusses four new books on Mary.

Read a Dec. 1, 2002, Christianity Today interview with evangelical theologians J.I. Packer and Thomas Oden about the appeal of the Virgin Mary.

Read a Dec. 1, 2003, Christianity Today essay by Timothy George about the social importance of the Virgin Mary.