After decades of declining church attendance and a profound rise in secularism, religion is having a moment in America.
Lauren Jackson, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/newsletters/believing" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">the host of the Believing newsletter</a>, talks to Asthaa Chaturvedi, a producer at “The Daily,” about why more people in the United States are now choosing to believe.
Guest:
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 <li><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/by/asthaa-chaturvedi" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Asthaa Chaturvedi</a>, a producer at “The Daily.”</li>
 <li><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/by/lauren-jackson" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Lauren Jackson</a>, the deputy editorial director for newsletters and the host of <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/newsletters/believing" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Believing</a>.</li>
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Background reading: 
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 <li><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/newsletters/believing" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Sign up for Believing</a>, a weekly newsletter about modern belief.</li>
 <li>Americans haven’t found <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/18/style/religion-america.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">a satisfying alternative to religion</a>.</li>
</ul>
Photo: Cornell Watson for The New York Times
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