Soul Searching : The Religious And Spiritual Lives Of American Teenagers, Har...

by Christian Smith, Melina Lundquist Denton

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Soul Searching : The Religious And Spiritual Lives Of American Teenagers, Hardcover by Smith, Christian; Denton, Melinda Lundquist, ISBN 019518095X, ISBN-13 9780195180954, Used Good Condition, Free shipping in the US In innumerable discussions and activities dedicated to better understanding and helping teenagers, one aspect of teenage life is curiously overlooked. Very few such efforts pay serious attention to the role of religion and spirituality in the lives of American adolescents. But many teenagers are very involved in religion. Surveys reveal that 35% attend religious services weekly and another 15% attend at least monthly. 60% say that religious faith is important in their lives. 40% report that they pray daily. 25% say that they have been "born again." Teenagers feel good about the congregations they belong to. Some say that faith provides them with guidance and resources for knowing how to live well. What is going on in the religious and spiritual lives of American teenagers? What do they actually believe? What religious practices do they engage in? Do they expect to remain loyal to the faith of their parents? Or are they abandoning traditional religious institutions in search of a new, more authentic "spirituality"? This book attempts to answer these and related questions as definitively as possible. It reports the findings of The National Study of Youth and Religion, the largest and most detailed such study ever undertaken. The NYSR conducted a nationwide telephon

• Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
• Year: 2005
• Binding: Hardcover
• ISBN: 9780195180954
• Condition: Good

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