When we survey the American religious landscape, we can see we have decades of discipleship and evangelism ahead of us. The fertility of the soil types will likely ebb and flow, but we can’t be afraid of the work and trust the Lord of the harvest.
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Religious data is one of the most fascinating things in the world. It brings the left side of the brain (show me the numbers) together with the right side (tell me a story). It gathers disparate disciplines to paint a picture—including statistics, mathematics, sociology, social science, political science, theology, and missiology. On the one hand, we must be cautious about what we can glean from data. On the other hand, religious data is a useful tool when rightly deployed.
InTheAmericanReligiousLandscape:Facts,Trends,andtheFuture,RyanBurge,associateprofessorofpoliticalscienceatEasternIllinoisUniversity,providesanexcellent,high-altitudeviewoftheAmericanreligiouslandscapethroughthelensofthecurrentlyavailabledatasets.Myappreciationforreligiousdatacomesprimarilyinthetheological,missiological,andbehavioralcontoursitexposes,whichcanidentifyandinformourrespons
