Hannah Petersen is a Research Specialist at the Chaplaincy Innovation Lab. Prior to joining the Lab and moving to the Boston area, she graduated from Hamilton College with a BA in sociology and minors in music and theatre and completed a year-long Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship in Dobrich, Bulgaria.

Mapping Spiritual Innovation

Buildings & Spaces, Commitment & Belonging, Denominations, Featured-Fieldnote, Food, Nones (Non-affiliates)

The landscape of religious and spiritual practice continues to change dramatically in the United States. Not nearly all spiritual gatherings take place in traditional congregations, nor is spiritual care provided only by clergy. The fastest-growing portion of the American religious population is those without religious affiliations, often called the “nones.” As the Pew Research Center…