Watch Daniel Johnson, David Wolpe, and Chris Arnade Discuss the Future of Faith in America

Earlier this year, Gallup released a poll that found that, for the first time, fewer than half of all Americans belong to a church, synagogue, or mosque. And so in Mosaic‘s February feature essay, the British writer Daniel Johnson thinks about this important and alarming development from the perspective of Europe, which is much further along the path to full secularization, and the concerning example that this provides for America.

To respond to Johnson’s ideas, we invited the rabbi and Mosaic contributor David Wolpe and the writer and photographer Chris Arnade to join Johnson for a live discussion about his essay and about religion’s future in the United States. Wolpe, as the spiritual leader of a large Conservative synagogue in Los Angeles, is on the frontlines of America’s slow secularization, while Arnade, in his writing and his photography, has highlighted the gravitational pull that faith can still maintain on even the most destitute of America’s citizens. They discussed their own work, and along with Johnson, thought about where faith in America is now, where it’s headed, and how to change course. Watch the recording below.

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