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Edited by Ken Chitwood (Bloomsbury, 2026)

Billionaire investor Peter Thiel, a co-founder of PayPal and founder of Palantir, the surveillance company used by U.S. defense and intelligence agencies, launched a private lecture series on “the Antichrist” for technologists and futurists. Thiel seems to see the apocalypse unfolding in stages.

Oxford University Press, 2025

Faith leaders can exercise their moral voices publicly and preach on critical issues beyond the walls of the congregation by engaging in media work.

After participating in the USC Center for Religion and Civic Culture's global project on engaged spirituality (2019-2023) as a journalism fellow, Eteng saw multiple opportunities to bring in-depth reporting about religion to Nigeria.

CRCC Affiliate Ken Chitwood hosted a zoom session on best practices for using generative AI tools as a preacher — how to think about artificial intelligence, write prompts, verify information and other key skills.

The USC Center for Religion and Civic Culture is launching a new project that seeks to help faith leaders think about their preaching in an ever-changing social and cultural landscape.

In this Reporting Guide, we focus on how “ethnographic journalism” might provide some solutions for religion newswriters looking to report on such communities with critical sensitivity.

What has more emotional salience, an abstract moral principle such as love or justice or a good story of someone whose life commitments exemplify these values?