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

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 […]

Abbas Rattani is co-founder of MIPSTERZ, an arts and culture collective that highlights and amplifies marginalized communities, specifically focusing on the creative voices of Muslim Americans. Rattani is also the curator of the “ALHAMDU | Muslim Futurism” exhibition.

Reynaldo Anderson is a communications scholar at Temple University. He is the Executive Director and co-founder of the Black Speculative Arts Movement (BSAM), an international network of artists, intellectuals, creatives and activists. He is also co-editor of Afrofuturism 2.0: The Rise of Astro-Blackness and The Black Speculative Arts Movement: Black Futurity, Art+Design (Lexington Books, 2015, 2019) and […]

Ytasha L. Womack is an independent scholar, filmmaker and the author of Afrofuturism: The World of Black Sci-Fi and Fantasy Culture.

The Science, Reason and Faith Group is an interdisciplinary center at the University of Navarra in Pamplona, Spain studies the relationship between science, philosophy, and religion. Its work addresses contemporary questions about technology, ethics and belief.