Ken Chitwood

Ken Chitwood is a professional religion nerd. A scholar, he is a member of the Department for the Study of Religion at Universität Bayreuth and an Affiliate Researcher with the University of Southern California’s Center for Religion and Civic Culture. A journalist, he is Editor of ReligionLink, a nonpartisan, monthly newsletter with source guides and story ideas for journalists reporting on religion, with bylines and appearances in Foreign Policy, The Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, The Chicago Tribune, BBC Radio 4, NPR, Religion News Service, The Times of India, USA Today, The Guardian, Christianity Today, The Houston Chronicle, Salon, Newsweek, New Lines Magazine, and more. His first book, The Muslims of Latin America and the Caribbean, won the Religion News Association's prize for best nonfiction.