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Author Smith, Christian, 1960-

Title Souls in transition : the religious and spiritual lives of emerging adults / Christian Smith ; with Patricia Snell
Published Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 355 pages) : illustrations
Contents Introduction -- Brad, June, and Amanda -- The cultural worlds of emerging adults -- Emerging adult religion in life course and historical perspective -- Religious affiliations, practices, beliefs, experiences, and more -- The cultural structures of emerging adult religion -- Six major religious types -- The teenagers of Soul searching five years later -- Religious trajectories from the teenage years -- Religious faith and emerging adult life outcomes -- Making some sense of it all
Summary How important is religion for young people in America today? What are the major influences on their developing spiritual lives? How do their religious beliefs and practices change as young people enter into adulthood? Christian Smith's Souls in Transition explores these questions and many others as it tells the definitive story of the religious and spiritual lives of emerging adults, ages 18 to 24, in the U.S. today. This is the much-anticipated follow-up study to the landmark book, Soul Searching: The Religious and Spiritual Lives of American Teenagers. Based on candid interviews with thousan
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-345) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Young adults -- Religious life -- United States
Spiritual life.
RELIGION -- Religious Intolerance, Persecution & Conflict.
Spiritual life
Young adults -- Religious life
Heranwachsender
Religiosität
Geistliches Leben
Unga vuxna -- religiöst liv -- Förenta staterna.
Andligt liv.
United States
USA
Form Electronic book
Author Snell, Patricia, 1978-
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