Timeless Spirit, New Expressions
Nurturing New Expressions of the Sacred in a Changing Spiritual Landscape
As traditional religious affiliations decline across some nations, new spiritual communities, practices, and forms of care are rising to meet humanity’s deepest longings for meaning, connection, and transformation. These emerging expressions — creative, rooted, and often at the edges of institutional life — are reshaping how we experience the Sacred in the 21st century.
The Fetzer Institute’s Spiritual Innovation Coalition gathers a bold network of visionaries working across faith traditions and beyond them. These spiritual innovators design novel ways to nourish the soul: from movement chaplaincy to immersive rituals, from interspiritual incubators to new sacred economies. They are healers, artists, community weavers, theologians, and spiritual entrepreneurs responding to the yearnings of a world in transition.
Together, they form a living laboratory of love and experimentation — translating ancestral wisdom for modern life while forging new pathways for belonging, justice, and spiritual flourishing. This coalition is not about abandoning tradition. It is about deepening, remixing, and reimagining how ancient truths can be embodied in ways that speak to today’s hopes and hurts.
At its core, spiritual innovation honors the sacred in all people and creates space for wholeness and liberation. Whether inside institutions or entirely outside them, these innovators are midwifing the future of spiritual life — one rooted in authenticity, creativity, and the conviction that the Divine can be encountered in new and surprising ways.
Interested in learning more or becoming part of this coalition? Email us at [email protected].