The Reshaping of the American Church: Bob Smietana

In his recent book, Reorganized Religion, our guest, veteran religion reporter Bob Smietana, offers an in-depth and critical look at why people are leaving American churches and what we lose as a society as it continues.

The United States is in the middle of an unprecedented spiritual, technological, demographic, political, and social transformation-- moving from an older, mostly white, mostly Protestant, religion-friendly society to a younger diverse, multiethnic, pluralistic culture, where no one faith group will have the advantage.

Reorganized Religion is an in-depth and critical look at why people are leaving American churches and what we lose as a society as it continues.

Bob Smietana is an award-winning reporter and Pulitzer grantee who has become one of the most respected and well-known religion reporters in the country, with more than two decades experience in covering religion, spirituality, and ethics. He has served as a senior writer for Facts & Trends, senior editor of Christianity Today, and the religion writer at The Tennessean. He is currently a national reporter for Religion News Service, where his wire service stories -- which attract wide readership from lay people, pastors and scholars -- have appeared in both secular and religious publications, such at the Washington Post, USA Today, Christianity Today, and the Associated Press.