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Soul Searching : The Religious And Spiritual Lives Of American Teenagers

The Religious and Spiritual Lives of American Teenagers

by Christian Smith, Melinda Lundquist Denton

  • Hardback
  • 368 pages
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press
  • 15.6 x 23.4 x 2.1 cm

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Winner of the 2006 Christianity Today Book Award for Christianity and Culture Description 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. It reports the findings of The National Study of Youth and Religion, the largest and most detailed such study ever undertaken. Based on a nationwide telephone survey of teens and their parents, as well as in-depth face-to-face interviews with more than 250 of the survey respondents, Soul Searching shows that religion is indeed a significant factor in the lives of many American teenagers. Chock full of carefully interpreted interview data and solid survey statistics, Soul Searching reveals many surprising findings. For example, the authors find that teenagers are far more influenced by the religious beliefs and practices of their parents and other adults than is commonly thought. They challenge the conventional wisdom that many teens today are "spiritual seekers." And they show that greater teenage religious involvement is significantly associated with more positive adolescent life outcomes. Soul Searching reveals the complexity of contemporary teenage religious life, showing that religion is widely practiced and positively valued by teens, but also de-prioritized and very poorly understood by them, yet significant nonetheless in shaping their lives. More broadly, Soul Searching describes what appears to be a major transformation of faith in the U.S., away from the substance of historical religious traditions and toward a new and quite different faith the authors call "Moralistic Therapeutic Deism."
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  • Author

    Christian Smith

  • Book Format

    Hardback

  • Publisher

    Oxford University Press

  • Published

    March 2005

  • Weight

    636g

  • Page Count

    368

  • Dimensions

    15.6 x 23.4 x 2.1 cm

  • ISBN

    9780195180954

  • ISBN-10

    019518095X

  • Eden Code

    3991256

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