{"id":26450,"date":"2023-07-10T09:50:13","date_gmt":"2023-07-10T13:50:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/?p=26450"},"modified":"2023-07-10T09:50:13","modified_gmt":"2023-07-10T13:50:13","slug":"rainn-wilson-says-faith-scares-people-in-hollywood-and-is-uncool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/2023\/07\/rainn-wilson-says-faith-scares-people-in-hollywood-and-is-uncool.html","title":{"rendered":"Rainn Wilson Says Faith Scares People in Hollywood and is ‘Uncool’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Rainn Wilson, who we know as Dwight Schrute on “The Office,” discussed the need for a spiritual revolution on a recent podcast. The actor spoke about his religious journey and navigating modern culture and Hollywood as a person of faith on the “No Small Endeavor” podcast with professor and theologian Lee C. Camp.<\/p>\n

Wilson noted that he’s been talking about faith for a “good 12 years,” saying, “Frankly, I think it freaks people out. I think that most of Hollywood, especially comedians in Hollywood, talking about God is the uncoolest thing you can ever possibly do.” He added, “Comedians will call themselves nerds and say, ‘Oh, I’m so uncool, I’m so uncool.’ But it’s this weird thing. It’s like Hollywood is about who’s sitting at the cool kids’ lunch table.”<\/p>\n

Regarding discussing faith and Hollywood, the actor explained, “So do I, do I have any smoking guns? Do I have any kind of, like, emails? No, not really. I can just kind of sense a collective eye roll about it. It certainly doesn’t help my career. I’m not doing any, any of this for any self-promotion or, or career.”<\/p>\n

Wilson recently published a book called “Soul Boom: Why We Need a Spiritual Revolution<\/a>,” which warns that “existing political and economic systems” aren’t sufficient to address the “societal tensions that threaten to overwhelm us.” The actor is a follower of the Baha’i faith, a deistic religion founded in 19th-century Iraq.<\/p>\n