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Essay by Kanter
[http://speakingoffaith.org/programs/globalization/davosessay-kanter.shtml]
Read a column by Rosabeth Moss Kanter reflecting on the subtle, but important, points she discovered while attending the 2005 World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.

WorldWide Religious News (WWRN)
[http://www.wwrn.org/index.php]
A non-profit service providing daily news from around the world on a diverse range of religious topics. The organization focuses on religious freedom, church and state issues, governmental legislation as it relates to religious organizations, and up-and-coming religious movements.

The Oslo Coalition on Freedom of Religion or Belief
[http://www.hri.ca/partners/forob/e/WHO_WE_ARE/who_we_are.htm]
A coalition of international experts that was formed in 1998 to monitor and promote freedom of religion or belief on a worldwide basis. The site includes an summary analysis of each country's religious makeup and mechanisms in place to protect religious freedoms, as well as documents on the state of religion around the world.

The Religious Freedom Page
[http://religiousfreedom.lib.virginia.edu/]
Hosted by the University of Virginia, this site provides statistics on the religious composition and history of most nations.

International Religious Freedom Report
[http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/irf/]
The U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor issues an annual report that includes individual country chapters on the status of religious freedom worldwide.

A Photo Essay of 16th Street
[http://www.poppolitics.com/articles/2001-04-29-photos.shtml]
This photo essay by Alexander Cohn illustrates Berger's commentary on the religiously diverse nature of the United States, which can be seen 16th Street in Washington DC.

Faith and Conflict: The Global Rise of Christianity
[http://pewforum.org/events/index.php?EventID=71]
A transcript of a Pew Forum roundtable discussion with Mark Noll, Michael Nazir-Ali, and Walter Russell Mead in which they discuss the tremendous growth taking place in the developing world, especially the Pentecostal movement in Africa and Asia.

"Religion and the West" (PDF)
[http://www3.baylor.edu/~Chris_Marsh/5341a.pdf]
In this article by Peter Berger, published in The National Interest in June 2005, he expands his thoughts beyond some of the ideas included in the broadcast. He compares trends in religiosity and secularism in Europe and the United States.

Le Religioni in Italia
[http://www.cesnur.org/religioni_italia/default.htm]
An Italian-language site that provides a comprehensive breakdown of Italy's religious denominational composition.