What to expect on the religious scene in 2021: Experts cast their sights on the year ahead
We asked scholars, faith leaders, activists and other experts to reflect on some of the issues they’ve seen on the religious landscape and what they anticipate for 2021.
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December 31, 2020
(RNS) — This past year upended U.S. religious life in ways no one could have predicted and in some ways many have.
A devastating coronavirus pandemic led to countless deaths, a shift to online services and, in some quarters, a mostly partisan-driven defiance of public health restrictions.
It was also a year filled with large-scale racial unrest after the deaths of several unarmed Black people, leading to a renewed reckoning with the legacy of white supremacy in American Christianity.