The freedom Jews have experienced in America, says curator Josh Perelman, "also makes possible the ultimate choice, which is not to be Jewish."

Martin Luther King Jr and Abraham Lincoln loomed large at Glenn Beck's Restore Honor rally, but both of them had an exceptional sense of caution when they spoke of God in relation to American destiny.

In addition to confronting political issues in the Middle East, US agencies and departments across the government are targeting violent extremism, human rights, and civil rights at home and abroad, says the Obama administration's special envoy to the Organization of the Islamic Conference.

The fight is not over whether faith groups are subject to the law, says the president of the Institutional Religious Freedom Alliance, "because they are subject to whatever the law is, which in many cases makes this exception for them. The question is should this exception be allowed to continue?"

"I think King would make a case for the principles and practices of nonviolence even in settling disputes between nations," says Cheryl Sanders, professor of Christian ethics at Howard University School of Divinity and senior pastor at Third Street Church of God in Washington, DC.

Forty-five years after her death, how do Flannery O'Connor's views about the South, race, violence, Catholicism, and Christian realism hold up?

As chaplain of Yale University in the '60s and '70s, Coffin be came one of the best known -- and most controversial -- figures not only against the war, but also in the civil rights movement and the campaign for a freeze on nuclear weapons. Throughout his life, Coffin preached that social justice was central to Christianity.

Read Bob Abernethy's full interview with William Sloane Coffin.

Thirty-five years after his death, the nation is still coming to terms with the life of the Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. Theologians, activists, politicians, and historians continue to discuss King's legacy -- and so do artists.

In the wake of 9/11, American Muslims say they have experienced increased discrimination and suspicion -- and violations of their civil liberties. "We are misunderstood, and therefore, the challenge has been how we can reintroduce ourselves in a language that is familiar with our fellow American neighbors," says Imam Yahya Hendi of Georgetown University.