Wheatley Fellow and Deseret Magazine executive editor Hal Boyd wrote an brief article for Deseret Magazine about recent developments in American religion and secularism, introducing a series of articles about America's decline in, and return to, religious activity—including an article written by Reverend Andrew Teal, who visited Wheatley Institute last fall.
Boyd mentions Jonathan Rauch's recent Wheatley Institute lecture, Christian Renewal and the Future of American Democracy, particularly Rauch's point that an increase in secularism can be linked to a number of alarming societal trends.