{
  "id": 5193486,
  "title": "Should Hollywood Embrace Religion? Young Audiences Crave Complex Spiritual Characters and Plotlines That Challenge Faith, New Study Shows",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/02/should-hollywood-embrace-religion-young-audiences-crave-complex",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-02T22:42:43.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Variety",
    "slug": "variety",
    "url": "https://variety.com/2026/film/features/hollywood-religion-young-people-spiritual-content-1236849362/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Could Hollywood entice younger audiences by having a little faith? A surprising new Future of Faith study from The Center for Scholars & Storytellers (CSS) at UCLA suggests that both Gen Z and Gen Alpha crave realistic and complex depictions of religion and spirituality in their entertainment that go beyond stereotypes. The group surveyed over […]",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}