Brief: Prospirituality Predictions for 2026

Conspirituality

Derek Beres, Matthew Remski, Julian Walker

Social Sciences, Science, Society & Culture, Philosophy

4.0 • 2.2K Ratings

🗓️ 24 January 2026

⏱️ 28 minutes

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If conspirituality names the ways religion and spirituality are weaponized to justify power, prospirituality points to religious traditions doing the opposite: grounding resistance, ethical clarity, and solidarity in moments of crisis. So: is there a growing prospirituality response to fascism, genocide, climate collapse, and AI-driven labor precarity? Matthew argues that yeah, there’s some good news. In Israel, scripture has been mobilized by political and religious leaders to sacralize violence in Gaza. But there’s also a surge of Jewish religious resistance among U.S. rabbis and Peter Beinart’s On Being Jewish After Gaza sets a new landmark of reckoning. Mona Haydar’s rapping and chaplaincy models a form of Muslim spirituality that is feminist, anti-genocide, and rooted in mutual aid, while resisting both Islamophobia and liberal domestication. Then there’s Pope Leo’s escalating critiques of U.S. immigration policy and his renewed emphasis on liberation theology. Show Notes Dark Mirror: A Torah View of Revenge, and its Reflection in Israeli Media During Operation Iron Swords Peter Beinart, “I No Longer Believe in a Jewish State,” The New York Times Being Jewish After the Destruction of Gaza by Peter Beinart: 9780593803899 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books Even if you hate it- I still wrap my hijab — Haydar Mona Haydar: Ask a Muslim Program Fights Prejudice Conservative Muslims and Islamophobes Have One Thing in Common: Hating Mona Haydar Pope Leo replaces New York's Cardinal Dolan in shake-up of US Church | Reuters New archbishop ‘committed’ to immigration issues, accountability on abuse — and staying a Cubs fan Pope’s naming of New York archbishop signals continued challenge to Trump on immigration Pope Leo's new US bishops are critics of Trump's migrant crackdown | Reuters Pope Leo calls for Venezuela to remain an independent country | Reuters Pope Leo says Trump administration 'extremely disrespectful' to migrants | Reuters Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:12.2	pseudoscience, and authoritarian extremism. You can follow myself, Derek and Julian, on Blue Sky,
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1:36.8	So I've long been of the opinion that if there's a conspirituality zeitgeist out there,
1:43.2	there must be a pro-spirituality tendency as well.
1:47.3	If there are religious communities and leaders who justify the status quo and accelerate
1:53.0	fascism through fantasy and spiritual bypassing, there will be a response to that.
1:59.1	So my understanding of religion is dialectical in that way.
2:03.0	It's a space of material struggle expressed in metaphysical terms, where one movement is always being
2:11.4	responded to by another. So today I'm going to speed run through three positive religion stories from 2025 that I predict will continue to respond to the rise of global fascism as well as threats to labor from AI and climate disaster.
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