Spiritual Pop Culture Trends of the Past 10 Years

10 Religious Pop Culture Trends of the Decade

By Ellen Leventry

George W. Bush once told a fellow Texan that he felt that God wanted him to run for president, so is it any wonder that religion, faith, and spirituality permeated American pop culture in the decade in which Bush was the sitting president for eight years?

Beliefnet looks back at some of the spiritual and religious trends that have shaped pop culture over the last 10 years.

Ellen Leventry is Beliefnet's former Culture producer and  a blogger on Idol Chatter. Photo credits: Katie Holmes in Warner Bros. "Batman Begins." Kanye West image by David Shankbone