Public-facing Programming
This project will expand public knowledge about the religious and spiritual landscapes by sharing findings through legacy and new mediums, a series of public-facing events, and media training for researchers and doctoral students in religion and adjacent fields. This page will be updated as the project鈥檚 outreach launches and grows.
We are partnering with on articles related to religious change in the United States. Recent articles follow below.
News in collaboration with this project
July 29, 2026, ReligionNews.com - Some see the facilities鈥 construction as a sign of the apocalypse, while others see it as an opportunity to advocate for environmental stewardship...
July 24, 2026, ReligionNews.com - Buddhism is an American religious tradition that intersects meaningfully with African American religious history, experts in the emerging field of Black Buddhism say...
July 15, 2026, TexasTribune.org - A handful of women provide one answer to years of schism and decline in the denomination...
July 2, 2026, ReligionNews.com - On the anniversary of a Supreme Court ruling reinstating the US death penalty, faith leaders, those affected by murder and activists organize to call for an end to the death penalty. But religion has also been present in support for capital punishment...
July 1, 2026, ReligionNews.com - The largest Presbyterian denomination in the US and the American Academy of Religion both referred to Israel's war in Gaza as genocide in new resolutions condemning the war...
June 27, 2026, TexasTribune.org - Completing a pilgrimage from a World War II internment camp in Crystal City, activists said history is repeating itself with family detentions at the Dilley facility...
June 25, 2026, TexasTribune.org - A required reading list before the State Board of Education would present a predominantly Christian perspective to public school students, Jewish leaders say...
June 23, 2026, ReligionNews.com - The 30-minute morning minyan offered through the Los Angeles-based IKAR Synagogue has become the primary form of community and prayer for a group of Jews from around the world...
June 18, 2026, ReligionNews.com - The Equal Justice Initiative鈥檚 Bryan Stevenson says confronting America鈥檚 lynching history is a matter of faith that demands truth-telling and repentance 鈥 especially on America鈥檚 most recently recognized national holiday...
June 12, 2026, ReligionNews.com - The Supreme Court...prevented Alabama from executing a man who became a Christian ministry leader during his 26 years on death row, deciding that killing him using nitrogen gas was unconstitutional...
June 5, 2026, ReligionNews.com - After three decades of independent operations, Phoenix Seminary is set to be acquired by the Talbot School of Theology at Biola University...
April 14, 2026, ReligionNews.com - 鈥淭he Jewish soul comes alive when we鈥檙e in the natural world鈥...
February 23, 2026, ReligionNews.com - Hindu campus houses push for deeper faith practice...
February 5, 2026, ReligionNews.com - Several of these groups are connected with ZOE, an emerging network of progressive Christian student ministries...
December 2, 2025, ReligionNews.com - Bridging the East and West, American women have found Hinduism鈥檚 powerful divine feminine through the art of sacred dance...
October 29, 2025, ReligionNews.com - The nonprofit Shefa integrates Jewish beliefs and rituals with legal psychedelic practices, an approach that鈥檚 especially resonated in recent years...
More about our Approach
Research
Our research will examine congregational closures (endings), spiritual innovation (beginnings), and the changing shape of religious leadership in the United States... learn more.
Public-Facing Programming
This project will expand public knowledge about the religious and spiritual landscapes by sharing its findings through legacy and new medium including traditional news... learn more.
Professional Pipelines
This project will enable current doctoral students to complete paid internships outside of the academy to better understand and prepare for leadership in the emerging spiritual infrastructure... learn more.
Spiritual Infrastructure of the Future
How are religious and spiritual changes happening in the United States today? What are the institutions through which spirituality, religion and broader approaches to meaning making are and will continue to be taught, learned and passed across generations?