Ariel Salzmann is a history professor at Queen’s University in Ontario, Canada. Her research includes histories of Mediterranean communities and Muslim societies, the transformation of market systems and the making of global capitalism, as well as Islamophobia and Catholic-Muslim relations.

Claire Giangravè is a Rome-based reporter for RNS, covering the Catholic Church and the Vatican. Before joining RNS in 2019, Giangravè was at Crux Catholic Media Inc., where she served as a faith and culture correspondent. She also previously worked at CNBC/Class Editori, ForexInfo.it, PBS and MSNBC News. She earned her bachelor’s degree from Roma […]

In this edition of ReligionLink, we share relevant stories, sources and resources to help you report on the separation of church and state as it relates to education, Christian nationalism and parental rights in the U.S.

The Jewish Educators Assembly (JEA) is a membership association for Conservative/Masorti education directors, early childhood education directors, youth directors, clergy-educators, university and seminary students and teachers of supplementary (Hebrew) schools. Robin Foonberg is Executive Director.

The Lutheran Education Association is a national network of Lutheran educators, which trains, assists and offers support to its members through conferences and other resources. Jonathan Laabs is executive director.

The National Catholic Educational Association works with Catholic educators to support ongoing faith formation and the teaching mission of the Catholic Church. Its membership includes nearly 140,000 educators serving 1.6 million students in Catholic education. Steven Cheeseman is the NCEA president/CEO. BeeJae Visitacion is director of communications.

This edition of ReligionLink is dedicated to stories that could possibly top the lists in 2025, providing background, resources and expert sources for you to turn to in the year ahead.

Alina Kokoschka is a researcher in Islamic studies, specializing in the aesthetics of Islamization, with a focus on the material worlds of Islam and Arabic script in the digital space. She also has interest in the relationship between people and things as well as criticism of representations of Islam and “Islamic art.”

Patricia Cecil is a specialist curator at the National WWI Museum and Memorial in Kansas City, Missouri. Her work focuses on enhancing insight into the ways faith and religion shaped and were shaped by World War I and its aftermath.