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.

Barbara R. Ambros is a professor in East Asian Religions in the Department of Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Her research on Japanese Religions has focused on gender studies, human-animal relationships and place.

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

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.

Rasheedah Phillips is co-founder of the Black Quantum Futurism collective and writes on Afrodiasporic concepts of time and cosmology. You can contact Phillips through the Black Quantum Futurism website or via Rasheedah Phillips Official Site.

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.