| Description |
1 online resource (xx, 280 pages) |
| Series |
Emerging adulthood series |
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Emerging adulthood series.
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| Contents |
Seeing the forest and the trees : how emerging adults navigate meaning-making / Carolyn McNamara Barry, Mona M. Abo-Zena -- Emerging adults' religious and spiritual development / Carolyn McNamara Barry, Mona M. Abo-Zena -- Potential benefits and detriments of religiousness and spirituality to emerging adults / Gina Magyar-Russell, Paul J. Deal, Iain Tucker Brown -- The role of parents in the religious and spiritual development of emerging adults / Larry J. Nelson -- The role of peer relationships in emerging adults' religiousness and spirituality / Carolyn McNamara Barry, Jennifer L. Christofferson -- Faith in the digital age : emerging adults' religious mosaics and media practices / Piotr S. Bobkowski -- The law's promise of religious freedom to support emerging adults' religious development and experiences / Roger J.R. Levesque -- Religious congregations and communities / William B. Whitney, Pamela Ebstyne King -- Changing souls : higher education's influence upon the religious lives of emerging adults / Perry L. Glanzer, Jonathan Hill, Todd C. Ream -- Gender, religiousness, and spirituality in emerging adulthood / Jacqueline S. Mattis -- The roles of religiousness and spirituality in the sexual lives of heterosexual emerging adults / Tara M. Stoppa, Graciela Espinosa-Hernandez, Meghan M. Gillern -- Sexual minorities / Geoffrey L. Ream, Eric M. Rodriguez -- Religion, spirituality, and emerging adults : processing meaning through culture, context, and social position / Mona M. Abo-Zena, Sameera Ahmed -- Nonreligious and atheist emerging adults / Luke W. Galen -- Reflections on the long and winding road of meaning-making / Mona M. Abo-Zena, Carolyn McNamara Barry |
| Summary |
With twenty-somethings delaying their entry into adult roles of marriage and parenthood, the question emerges: What and how are they doing? Are they flourishing or floundering? As shown in this volume, emerging adults in the US are often in active pursuit of making meaning of their lives, being exposed to a wider variety of religious and spiritual beliefs systems through their extended families, peers, religious communities, universities, and the media. Consequently, many emerging adults in the US choose to sample from a variety of traditions rather than maintaining their childhood religious doctrine |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from home page (viewed on March 17, 2014) |
| Subject |
Teenagers -- Religious life -- United States
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Young adults -- Religious life -- United States
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Spiritual formation.
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Meaning (Philosophy)
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Adulthood.
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Psychology and religion.
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Spirituality.
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Human beings.
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Adolescent
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Adult
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Humans
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Religion and Psychology
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Spirituality
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adults (people)
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adulthood.
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Homo sapiens (species)
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RELIGION -- Comparative Religion.
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RELIGION -- Essays.
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RELIGION -- Reference.
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Spirituality
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Psychology and religion
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Adulthood
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Meaning (Philosophy)
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Spiritual formation
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Teenagers -- Religious life
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Young adults -- Religious life
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United States
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Barry, Carolyn McNamara, editor
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Abo-Zena, Mona M., editor
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Oxford University Press.
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| ISBN |
9780199379620 |
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0199379629 |
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9780199379613 |
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0199379610 |
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