Peter Savastano

Peter Savastano is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Seton Hall University in South Orange, New Jersey. An anthropologist of religion, his areas of expertise are the intersection/clash of religion, sexuality and gender; devotional and contemplative life in the Roman Catholic tradition; and the future of religion and interreligiosity. He is presently the Co-Chair of the Gay Men's Issues in Religion Group of the American Academy of Religion and has published articles in journals such as Theology and Sexuality and Transformations and chapters in various anthologies including Gay Religion.

(A)theologies, Sexuality/GenderSeptember 2, 2009

Seeing the Future: Can Religion Evolve and Survive in a Changing World?

By Peter Savastano

Since the fall of Secularization Theory, which claimed that belief in God would slowly recede in the face of science and technology, we still must ask: Is there a future for formal, organized, institutionalized religion as we presently recognize it in rapidly globalizing, postindustrial and postmodern world? Here’s what religion will have to do for humans to survive and flourish.