{"id":103858,"date":"2025-01-31T23:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-01-31T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/crcc\/?p=103858"},"modified":"2025-12-09T00:31:18","modified_gmt":"2025-12-09T00:31:18","slug":"we-save-us-2025-trends-to-watch-in-religion-and-society","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/crcc\/we-save-us-2025-trends-to-watch-in-religion-and-society\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cWe Save Us\u201d – 2025 Trends to Watch in Religion and Society"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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\u201cWe Save Us\u201d – 2025 Trends to Watch in Religion and Society<\/h1>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n \n January 31, 2025<\/span>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n <\/div><\/div>\n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Multiple wildfires broke out across Los Angeles the day before our team was scheduled to discuss 2025 trends to watch in religion and society. Our leader canceled the meeting, while other team members fled power outages and smoke. In the hours and days to follow, we would learn that former colleagues and friends had lost their homes. We tracked at least 18 congregations<\/a> destroyed or damaged by the flames.<\/p>\n

All of our ideas about what 2025 would hold in store seem distant now. As the fires subside, we are entering what will be a multi-year period of recovery in Los Angeles. At the same time, many of the issues that faith leaders and affiliates told us would be important in 2025 \u2014 housing, immigration, climate change \u2014 are connected to this tragedy. Across the various issues, a central theme emerged: Solidarity.<\/p>\n

When the city burned in 1992, faith leaders mobilized their congregations<\/a> and business leaders to first help clean and then invest into impacted communities. In 2025, who will harness our solidarity and help us emerge from the ashes stronger?<\/p>\n

This year\u2019s trends are prescriptive, suggesting ways that faith communities can take the lead \u2014 and how government, philanthropy and the private sector can follow.<\/p>\n

Read each directive and find resources below:<\/p>\n