Religious people can find that everything from ethical codes to long-term decisions are affected by their choice to believe. Yet despite the fact these belief systems hold such weight over those that adopt them, marketers and media outlets alike shy away from religion. Why?

With Virgin Galactic readying its engines for take-off and global brands like Google and Unilever powering a new space race, businesses are taking customers to the final frontier by evoking a basic human emotion: 'awe'.

As people become disenchanted with traditional institutions, brands from T-Mobile to Urban Compass are showing their 'human' side. Catering to the new mindset is The Sunday Assembly, a growing network of “radically inclusive” secular congregations.

Much research has pointed to the correlation between the uptake of the internet, the global sharing of content and ideas, and drop in religiosity. But as a social tool that brings communities together is the internet really hurting religion or helping it?