No Sustainability without Spirituality
War, environmental degradation, racism—it appears that polarization has a death grip on every aspect of our world, including our democracy. I believe the sustainability of humanity depends on the interpretation of the word “spirituality.” There may be no other word...
Americans’ Connections with the Transcendent: Study Finds Spirituality Provides Resilience
To many people, religiosity and spirituality are two ways of saying the same thing. But the recently released "What Does Spirituality Mean to Us? A Study of Spirituality in the United States Since COVID," along with its 2020 predecessor, makes...
Our Spirituality Has Implications for Healing Our Democracy
Findings from the 2020 launch of our Study of Spirituality in the United States revealed a stunning fifty percent of respondents said that they desire to be more spiritual. Respondents also identified peace and love as the top two benefits...
A Study of Spirituality in the United States Since COVID
WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE SPIRITUAL? How do spirituality and faith animate our daily lives, particularly during COVID and similar times of challenge? These are the questions at the heart of Fetzer’s "Study of Spirituality in the United States...
Biologos and the Center for Christogenesis: Finding Sacred Truth at the Intersection of Faith and Science
Biologos and the Center for Christogenesis might appear to be on opposite sides of the spirituality and science debate. Yet both organizations exist principally to help people of faith reconcile the two disciplines—positing that science and spirituality are not in...
Where Science, Storytelling, and the Sacred Meet: Introducing the Study of Spirituality in America
In the last decade, more and more people consider themselves “spiritual.” But what does this mean exactly and why does it matter? We know there is more to the story, but little research exists into the range of perspectives behind...
Sacrality Practice: Visualizing Spirituality
Last year, we released “What Does Spirituality Mean to Us? A Study of Spirituality in the US,” a groundbreaking study designed to help us explore what spirituality means to us and how it influences our civic lives. The study revealed...
Being Spiritual: The Study of Spirituality in America
What do we mean when we say we are spiritual? We are asking this question as part of the Study of Spirituality in America. As the qualitative phase of this research concludes, we are uncovering important nuances in what religion...
Omar McRoberts on the Landscape of Religion, Spirituality, and Identity in America
Omar M. McRoberts, PhD, is an advisor to Fetzer’s Study of Spirituality in America, which comprises in-depth interviews and focus groups (both completed) and a survey that will be fielded in early 2020. Omar recently co-presented “The Changing Landscape of...