Wishful Thinking? Is There a Religious Revival?
Recent media stories in a number of countries suggest that there is a religious revival taking place, with increased worship attendance and young people expressing renewed interest in religion. But is this just wishful thinking? Is there really a religious revival? This panel explores the evidence – or lack thereof – for a religious revival, and why this issue has attracted persistent attention in the media.
Featuring: Conrad Hackett (Pew Research Center), Kati Tervo-Niemelä (University of Eastern Finland), Joel Thiessen (Ambrose University), Sarah Wilkins-Laflamme (University of Waterloo), David Voas (University College London)
12:30pm-2pm ET
Book Launch: Religion and Nonreligion in Same-Sex Marriage Debates: Emerging Imaginaries
In this webinar, the NCF’s Law team will present on their new open-access book, Religion and Nonreligion in Same-Sex Marriage Debates: Emerging Imaginaries (De Gruyter, 2026).
1pm ET
Book Launch: Unearthing Lifestances: What Community Gardens Tell Us About Nonreligion
In this webinar, the NCF’s Community Gardens team will present on their new open-access book, Unearthing Lifestances: What Community Gardens Tell Us About Nonreligion (De Gruyter, 2025).
4pm ET
EVENT POSTPONED: DATE TBD
Meet the Author: Ben Laws
In this webinar, Ben Laws will present his new book, Asylum and Nonreligion: Emotions, Evidence-making and Credibility (Palgrave Macmillan, 2024)
Co-hosted with the Association for Canadian Studies / Metropolis
11:00 am ET
Nonreligion, Past and Present: Interdisciplinary Conversations on Science and Nonreligion
In this webinar, Renny Thomas, Stephen Weldon, Bernard Lightman, and Lauren Strumos will engage in interdisciplinary conversations on science and nonreligion.
Co-hosted with the International Society for Historians of Atheism, Secularism, and Humanism (ISHASH)
1:00 pm ET
Meet the Author: Sarah Kathleen Johnson
In this webinar, Sarah Kathleen Johnson will present her new book Occasional Religious Practice: Valuing a Very Ordinary Religious Experience (Oxford University Press, 2025).
12:00 pm ET
“Researching School Values” Workshop
The Department of Theology and Religious Studies at KCL and the Social Studies of Ethics, Morality and Values Network are pleased to host a networking symposium on values in schools at KCL on Friday, 27 June, 11am – 5pm.
Particular attention will be given to the way in which values have become increasingly prominent on school websites, in disciplinary and reward structures, in the curriculum (formal and informal), and in inspection regimes (e.g. FBVs). Current and historic practices, use and reception, wider pressures and causes, the content and application of school values are all of interest.
Nonreligion in Brazil and Beyond: Emerging Approaches and Future Directions
Nonreligion and the Pew Religious Landscape Study
In this webinar, Gregory A. Smith (Pew Research Center) will discuss findings from the Pew Religious Landscape Study 2023-2024, followed by commentary from Kati Tervo-Niemelä (University of Eastern Finland), Peter Beyer (University of Ottawa), and Ryan Cragun (University of Tampa).
11:00am ET
Nonreligion, Past and Present: Interdisciplinary Conversations
Using Statistics
This webinar series – co-hosted by the Nonreligion in a Complex Future Project and the International Society for Historians of Atheism, Secularism, and Humanism – brings together historians and social scientists to discuss key issues in the study of nonreligion. This webinar will focus on how historians and social scientists can use statistics and data in the study of nonreligion.
The panelists are: Callum Brown (University of Glasgow), Hugo Rabbia (National University of Córdoba), Todd Weir (University of Groningen), and Sarah Wilkins-Laflamme (University of Waterloo).
1pm ET