In this guide, we offer background, resources, expert sources and related content to help you better report on the religious life of Black Americans.

Coverage of what has been called “Christian nationalism” has become ubiquitous. So ubiquitous, in fact, that some commentators in the United States have warned Christian nationalism is a democracy demolisher. Others, however, have raised concerns that coverage of Christian nationalism is “overhyped” and the concept poorly defined. In this ReligionLink Reporting Guide, we take a […]

Ronilso Pacheco is a theologian interested in democracy, race, fundamentalism, and extremism. He is the author of the books Teologia Negra (Black Theology) and Occupy, Resist, and Subvert. He is a frequent contributor to various media outlets in Brazil.

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.”

Joshua D. Ambrosius is a professor at the University of Dayton. He regularly teaches courses related to urban housing and faith-based social policy and innovative, interdisciplinary approaches to space exploration.

Stephen “Cue” Jn-Marie is a former Virgin Records rapper, turned evangelist, activist and organizer, who left the music industry in 1994 to become a pastor. He is founder of the Row —  also known as “the Church Without Walls”, or as some of our parishioners like to call it, “the Street Church” — in Los Angeles’ […]

In this edition of ReligionLink, we provide resources, background, related stories and relevant sources for reporting on how religion, higher rent and an increase in unhoused families and individuals intersect.

The National Alliance to End Homelessness is a Washington, D.C.-based nonpartisan, nonprofit organization committed to preventing and ending homelessness in the United States. Its website also has regularly updated statistics and information on homelessness in America.

Chelsea Langston Bombino is a program officer with the Fetzer Institute and a fellow with the Center for Public Justice. She has written on the intersection of religious freedom and homelessness. She is also a contributing writer for Religion Unplugged and contributing author to Breaking Ground: Chartering Our Future in a Pandemic Year and The Routledge Handbook of Religious […]