-- Apologies for cross-posting -- Dear colleagues, We are delighted to announce the open-access publication of the special issue "Religious populism in hybrid media" in the journal *Populism*, volume 8 issue 1. The online version is available following this link [1]. This issue features five original research articles from diverse geographical and religious contexts: Dayei Oh, “American abortion culture wars as religious populism: ‘Truth’ and ‘fight for truth’ as floating signifiers” Silvija Vuković and Nina Krapić, “A Populist, Influencer, and Religious Politician: A qualitative analysis of Marin Miletić’s communication on Instagram during the Croatian election campaign” Ihsan Yilmaz, Susan de Groot Heupener, Nicholas Morieson and Ana-Maria Bliuc,“Disruptive Signification in a Hybrid Media Ecology: Civilisational Populism in Pakistan, Turkey and Indonesia” Ali Alsayegh, “The Epistemic Modes of Muqtada al-Sadr’s Charisma Production on Hybrid Media” Feeza Vasudeva, “Political Deification and Religious Populism in Modi’s India” The issue concludes with an afterword by Katja Valaskivi and Johanna Sumiala (University of Helsinki), titled “Religious Populism: A Paradigmatic Mode of Address of the Hybrid Media Environment?” The introductory article, "Rush Hour of Populists: Religious Populism and Hybrid Media," seeks to develop a framework moving beyond conventional approaches to religious populism (either as the politicisation of religion or the sacralisation of politics) and advance a framework to highlight its role in shaping collective identities through transcendencies within hybrid media environments [2]. Enjoy the issue, and please let us know if you encounter any access issues. Best regards, Feeza Vasudeva & Dayei Oh (guest editors), University of Helsinki [1] https://brill.com/view/journals/popu/8/1/popu.8.issue-1.xml [2] https://doi.org/10.1163/25888072-bja10076