{"id":1603,"date":"2019-04-13T20:40:50","date_gmt":"2019-04-13T20:40:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/liberalarts.austincc.edu\/philosophy-religion-humanities\/?page_id=1603"},"modified":"2025-10-13T14:15:17","modified_gmt":"2025-10-13T14:15:17","slug":"has-god-left-the-building-todays-trends-in-american-religion-and-spirituality","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/liberalarts.austincc.edu\/philosophy-religion-humanities\/has-god-left-the-building-todays-trends-in-american-religion-and-spirituality\/","title":{"rendered":"Has God Left the Building? Today&#8217;s Trends in American Religion and Spirituality"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>This page features archival information from select Philosophy, Religion, and Humanities Forum talks in recent years.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This page features archival information from select Philosophy, Religion, and Humanities Forum talks in recent years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":91,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1603","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":{"layouts":[{"acf_fc_layout":"two_columns","heading":"","column_1":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1607 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/liberalarts.austincc.edu\/philosophy-religion-humanities\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/04\/GOD-791x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Information about the event over an image of sun coming through a cloudy sky\" width=\"791\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/liberalarts.austincc.edu\/philosophy-religion-humanities\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/04\/GOD.jpg?resize=791%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 791w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/liberalarts.austincc.edu\/philosophy-religion-humanities\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/04\/GOD.jpg?resize=232%2C300&amp;ssl=1 232w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/liberalarts.austincc.edu\/philosophy-religion-humanities\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/04\/GOD.jpg?resize=768%2C994&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/liberalarts.austincc.edu\/philosophy-religion-humanities\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/04\/GOD.jpg?resize=1187%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1187w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/liberalarts.austincc.edu\/philosophy-religion-humanities\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/04\/GOD.jpg?w=1275&amp;ssl=1 1275w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 791px) 100vw, 791px\" \/><\/p>\n","column_2":"<h2><strong>Grant Potts, &#8220;Has God Left the Building? Today&#8217;s Trends in American Religion and Spirituality&#8221;<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>February 22, 2017<br \/>\n7:00-9:00 p.m.<br \/>\nEastview Campus 8500<\/p>\n<p>Participants<br \/>\n<strong>Grant Potts, Department Chair and Philosophy Professor<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Moderator<br \/>\n<strong>Matt Watkins, Philosophy Professor<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Social scientists have noted a marked rise in\u00a0<span class=\"il\">the<\/span>\u00a0number of Americans who say they have &#8220;no religion&#8221; in\u00a0<span class=\"il\">the<\/span> past decade, even as religion remains a powerful social and political force. 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