Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Catholic Emerging Adults in Historical Context: 1945 to 1970 -- 2. Emerging Adult Catholics across Four Decades: 1970s to 2000s -- 3. A Statistical Portrait of Catholic Emerging Adults Today -- 4. Emerging Adult Catholics, Their Faith, and the Church in Their Own Words -- Excursus: Who Actually Is a Catholic? -- 5. Religious Trajectories from the Teenage Years into Emerging Adulthood -- 6. Catholic Faith and Life Course Outcomes -- 7. Catholic High School and Religiousness in Emerging Adulthood
ConclusionAppendix -- Notes -- Index
Summary
Based on nationally representative survey and interview (longitudinal/panel) data of the highest quality, the National Study of Youth and Religion (NSYR-first and third waves), this book provides an in-depth description and analysis of American Catholics (and ex-Catholics) ages 18-23. The main focus is on their religious and spiritual lives but also includes an examination of how their religious faith and practice do and do not affect other life outcomes