Soul Searching
The Religious and Spiritual Lives of American Teenagers
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2005
Oxford University Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-19-518095-4 (ISBN)
Oxford University Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-19-518095-4 (ISBN)
In most discussions and analyses of American teenage life, one major topic is curiously overlooked - religion. What is going on in the religious and spiritual lives of American teenagers? What do they actually believe? This book tells the story of the religious and spiritual lives of contemporary American teenagers.
In most discussions and analyses of American teenage life, one major topic is curiously overlooked--religion. Yet most American teens say that religious faith is important in their lives. 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? Answering these and many other questions, Soul Searching tells the definitive story of the religious and spiritual lives of contemporary American teenagers.
In most discussions and analyses of American teenage life, one major topic is curiously overlooked--religion. Yet most American teens say that religious faith is important in their lives. 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? Answering these and many other questions, Soul Searching tells the definitive story of the religious and spiritual lives of contemporary American teenagers.
Christian Smith is Stuart Chapin Distinguished Professor of Sociology at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. He is the author of Moral, Believing Animals (OUP, 2003) and co-author of Divided by Faith (OUP, 2000). Melinda Lundquist Denton is a Ph.D. Candidate at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
Introduction
1: Two Baptist Girls
2: Mapping the Big Picture
3: Spiritual Seekers, the Disengaged, and Religiously Devoted Teens
4: God, Religion, Whatever-Out of the Mouths of Teens
5: Teenage Religion in Social Context
6: Religion and Adolescent Outcomes
6: Conclusion
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 10.3.2005 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | New York |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 166 x 243 mm |
| Gewicht | 635 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-19-518095-X / 019518095X |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-19-518095-4 / 9780195180954 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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