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Future of Faith in America

The early May Pew Research report on religious trends in America has kindled a firestorm of commentary—attacking and defending, challenging and lamenting, gloating and grieving. But is it telling us anything new? In 2010, Patheos conducted a summer-long Future of World Religions conversation in which religion experts, practitioners, leaders, sociologists, and the faithful of many traditions weighed in on the prospects of religious belief.

Now, five years later, Patheos revisits this conversation focusing particularly on the Future of Faith in America. While global religious trends may push the futures of different religious traditions in certain directions, the Pew Report indicates unique trends for the American context with its shifting moral expectations, new definitions of family, and ongoing conflicts regarding personal and religious liberties. Where is faith going in America? What will be the religious landscape in five more years? How will a growing “spiritual but not religious” population or the emerging Atheist movements shape the contours of belief?

Essays will address such issues as politic alliances, emerging theological shifts, denominational growth and decline, family, technology, leadership challenges, interfaith movements, pop culture, cross-religion influences, and economic shifts.

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Future of Faith in America: New Religions

As America continues to diversify, it develops and...

Future of Faith in America: Humanism

Patheos writers explore life without religion and the...

Future of Faith in America: Islam

Patheos considers the future of Islam in the American...

Future of Faith in America: Mormonism

Patheos writers consider the many cultural, institutional,...

Future of Faith in America: Progressive Christianity

Patheos writers explore the landscape of Progressive...

Future of Faith in America: Evangelicalism

Patheos writers explore the shifting dynamics of...

Future of Faith in America: Catholicism

Patheos writers reflect on the challenges the Catholic...

Future of Faith in America: Judaism

Patheos explores the latest Pew Research report about...

Future of Faith in America: Eastern Religions

Patheos explores the latest Pew Research report about...

Religion in America: Contextualizing the Trends in Faith

Patheos writers explore the current climate of religion...

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