Timothy Stacey examines what he calls “spirited” elements in inspiring people to take political and ecological action: myth, ritual, drama, magic, tradition and play.

Julia Duin is a religion, travel, education and mental health journalist and author who has been on staff with five newspapers, including the Washington Times and the Houston Chronicle. Most recently, she was the contributing editor/religion for Newsweek. In recent years, she has helped pioneer reporting on “Arctic religion.”

Cynthia Miller-Idriss is the founding director of the Polarization and Extremism Research and Innovation Lab at American University. Miller-Idriss regularly testifies before the U.S. Congress or briefs policy, security, education and intelligence agencies in the U.S., the United Nations and other countries on trends in domestic violent extremism and strategies for prevention and disengagement. To […]

Andrew DeCort is a theologian, writer and ethicist. He is the author of Reviving the Golden Rule and Blessed Are the Others and founder of the Institute for Faith and Flourishing.

Gionathan Lo Mascolo is a Berlin-based political adviser with a focus on democracy, extremism and religion. He is editor of the volume The Christian Right in Europe.

Lex Rofeberg is a rabbi, as well as founder Judaism Unbound and the UnYeshiva, who is in an interfaith marriage and often speaks on this topic.

Samantha Gonzalez-Block is an ordained Presbyterian minister who works with the Interfaith Families Project. She grew up in a multicultural, multilingual, Jewish-Christian home in Montclair, New Jersey.

David Kovacs is a founder of the Interfaith Family School, Chicago.

In this edition of ReligionLink, we offer background, tips, related stories and relevant sources for you to better understand, appreciate and report on interfaith relationships, families and love.