The United States is currently in the throes of a spiritual awakening, says Diana Butler Bass.

In her new book, Christianity After Religion, Bass argues that we are at a crossroads in history—we can choose to move forward into new emerging spiritualities, or we can heed the siren sound of the traditionalists calling us back to a romanticized, rigid, past. We are not passive observers, she writes, but active participants in shaping what’s to come.