A New U.S. Religious Landscape

Sarah Pulliam Bailey writes on religion for The New York Times and is a former religion reporter for The Washington Post. She writes about faith’s intersection with politics, culture, and education. Previously, she was a national correspondent for Religion News Service and an online editor for Christianity Today, where she co-founded Her.meneutics, an influential blog for women. She has interviewed hundreds of public figures, including Barack Obama, Condoleezza Rice, Mike Huckabee, Billy Graham, and Desmond Tutu. Bailey is a graduate of Wheaton College and is based in New York City.

Alan Cooperman is the Director of Religion Research at the Pew Research Center, where his work focuses on religious change both in America and globally. Alan has co-authored or edited studies of America’s religious landscape, the experiences and attitudes of Jewish Americans, Muslims in the U.S., faith among Black Americans, the rise of religious “nones,” and other topics.  Previously, Alan worked as a national reporter and editor for The Washington Post, a foreign editor at U.S. News & World Report, and a foreign correspondent for the Associated Press.