Gopal Patel is leading faith-based environmental activist who believes in the power of engaged religion and spirituality to address the world’s biggest climate-related challenges. He was the founder of a movement called Bhumi Global, which sought to activate Hindu youth in support of Planet Earth.

In this edition of ReligionLink, we offer resources, relevant stories and expert sources for reporting on religion and climate change in the extremes.

In this edition of ReligionLink, we explore the intersections between religion and space, offering background, relevant stories and expert sources to help you report on religious traditions boldly going where no religions have gone before.

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.

Béatrice Hainaut is a researcher on space issues for the Institute for Strategic Research, Paris. Her work has focused on the emergence and promotion of behavioral norms relating to the safety of space activities, including religion and spirituality.

David W. Kim is a researcher associated with the Australian National University’s Institute for Space. His research focuses on safety and risk management for astronauts in deep space travel, specifically on psychological well-being during Mars missions.

Roger D. Launius is former chief historian of NASA and most recently associate director for collections and curatorial affairs at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Air and Space Museum. He now runs his own private historical consultancy and has written on religion and space.

Philip Butler is a professor at Iliff School of Theology in Denver. Butler’s work focuses on the intersections of neuroscience, technology, spirituality and Blackness. He engages in critical and constructive analysis on Black posthumanism, artificial intelligence and pluriversal future realities.

The Vatican Observatory (Specola Vaticana) is an astronomical research and educational institution supported by the Vatican. Originally based in Rome, the Observatory is now headquartered in Castel Gandolfo, Italy, and at the Mount Graham International Observatory in the Pinaleño Mountains in southeast Arizona. Journalists can contact via the email here or direct questions to individual […]