In this guide, we break down five storylines to explore how religion shapes—and is shaped by—the political landscape in the months ahead.

This guide, part of a new series from ReligionLink focusing on different regions in global religion reporting, provides background, resources, relevant stories and sources to help journalists understand East Asia’s religious institutions, communities, histories and political contexts.

This ReligionLink guide offers background, relevant newswriting, expert sources and related content for you to explore the varieties of religious futurism.

Michael David Lukas is an Assistant Professor of Creative Writing at San Francisco State University and a novelist engaging Jewish historical and speculative fiction.

Jenny L. Davis is a citizen of the Chickasaw Nation and a Professor of American Indian Studies and Anthropology at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Her research interests sit at the intersections of Indigenous language futurism (including language reclamation & revitalization), Queer Indigenous Studies and speculative fiction and poetry.

Chelsea Vowel is a Métis writer, educator and scholar of Métis futurisms. Vowel is co-host of the Metis in Space podcast. For media inquiries, Vowel is represented by Rob Firing at the Transatlantic Agency.

Grace Dillon is an Anishinaabe academic and author. She is a professor in the Indigenous Nations Studies Program at Portland State University and coined the term Indigenous Futurisms.

Ali Bhutto is an artist and drag performer (Faluda Islam) who works on queer Muslim futurism. You can reach Bhutto through the contact form on the Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Official Website.

Yasmin Ismail is a researcher with a background in Islamic studies and anthropology. Her research focuses on madrasa education in minority settings, particularly in Anglophone contexts. Her new research project will integrate knowledge of madrasas, Islamic ethics, AI literacy and principles of co-design to develop an AI literacy program tailored for religious educational institutions. Ismail […]