I'm Krista Tippett.

Today Latino migrations and the changing face of religion in the Americas.

By 2050 it is estimated that nearly a quarter of the U.S. population will be of Hispanic descent.

And my guest Manuel Vasquez says we have not grasped the way U.S. culture will be changed

by imported religious and spiritual worldviews.

This religious practices are growing more influential, not less so, in the global age.

Religion is one of the best vehicles to deal with both the local and personal and also the

global and the universal.

Religions have been doing this for four centuries.

They have universal messages of salvation and very personal strategies for coping with chaos.

This is speaking of faith, stay with us.

I'm Krista Tippett.

When we speak about immigrants, we tend to focus on economic and political impact.

This hour we explore how religious and spiritual worldviews anchor Latino cultures and are reshaping

North American culture in fascinating ways.

From 15% of the U.S. population is now of Hispanic descent and that is expected to approach

a quarter of the population by mid-century.

From American public media, this is speaking of faith.

Public radio's conversation about religion, meaning ethics and ideas.

Today, Latino migrations and the changing face of religion in the Americas.

Manuavesquez is a Salvadoran American scholar of religion at the University of Florida in

Gainesville.

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