{"id":105356,"date":"2026-01-14T21:34:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T21:34:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/crcc\/?p=105356"},"modified":"2026-02-13T22:02:38","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T22:02:38","slug":"6-to-7-trends-to-watch-in-religion-and-society-in-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/crcc\/6-to-7-trends-to-watch-in-religion-and-society-in-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"6-7 Trends to Watch in Religion and Society in 2026\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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6-7 Trends to Watch in Religion and Society in 2026\u00a0<\/h1>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n
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For 10 years, CRCC has looked at annual trends<\/a> together as a group. When we started in 2016, we wrongly thought Trump\u2019s violent and fearful rhetoric would not win favor. We also pointed to how spirituality is embedded in social justice movements, changing aesthetics and cultural attitudes, and innovations in communal life. Much has changed in 10 years \u2014 but we also see consistencies.<\/p>\n

As we also look toward CRCC\u2019s 30th year, our annual trends speak to who we are: committed to empirical truth (and willing to admit when we are off), hopeful for a more equitable and just society, and also a bit cynical and snarky (RIP Nick Street, who would joke about putting on a tin foil hat<\/a> at least once during our trends meetings).<\/p>\n

Fittingly, our trends this year look at the contradictions in our observations today and over the last decade.<\/p>\n