What I have personally observed however is that through the West’s fascination with all things exotic and Eastern, Buddhism, Hinduism and even Chai Tea Latte’s are already almost, to a degree, passe’ fads. In many ways however the Eastern relativistic mentality can strip one of their ability to think critically and to see things outside of the blury lens of moral eqivalency. It’s all good. As such, once one has tried a strong mixed drink of far-Eastern religion and Western Narcissism, all that remains is a dark void. The resulting vaccum that filled western society, COMBINED with the hatred du jour (all things Christian, American and Western) leaves Islam as the best suitor to lure one away into something exotic, carnal and yet self-righteous. Usually they start with a Christianized form of Islam. Read: Hamza Yusuf, American Convert, sufi, moderate extroidinarre.
http://www.zaytuna.org/video.asp

The violence comes later, after a more thorough examination of the actuals Islamic source texts.

While you and I have mostly similar predictions, I think you may not be heading far enough East in your foreseeing. Granted, it may be personal experience that taints my analysis, but as a spiritual journeyer, I found myself much more drawn to the esoteric and meditative aspects of Buddhism than the violently dogmatic religious imperialism of Islam. Of course, in a round planet, when one travels all the way around the world, one finds not a new place at all, but one’s point of origin.

Becasue post-modernism is in many ways a reactionary movement, I would not be surprised to eventually see a reactionary move out of Emergent as well. Nothing new under the sun. Some will, like yourself and myself move toward Catholicism, Orthodoxy, Epicopalianism, Anglicanism or develope a rather traditional form of evangelicalism whilst others yet will fall away into Islam. All these offer something far more objective than the relativistic potpourri that Emergent is. Tired of relativism ad naseum and deconstructionism, many will flee to more objective, solid and historically rooted forms of worhsip offering more complete meta-narratives to participate in. Sadly however many who have had their ability to think critically having been inudated with the moral equivallency of the West and the East, of Islam and Christianity, having been fed too much liberal hatred for America and the West, will fall prey to the polemics and apologetics of a growing western Islamic movement. May sound a bit far-fetched but in truth, I’ve already seen this happen quite a bit.

And then the post emerging churches will find the emerging churches hard to stomach…it’s an inevitable progression.

I recall a quote from someone (either H.L. Mencken or Ogden Nash) that grandparents and grandchildren get along so well because they share a common enemy.

While the analogy of enmity doesn’t stand up here (at least I hope not), it is helpful in understanding what seems to be a growing Christian fraternity between institutions like Roman Catholicism and the Emergent Church.