Young Catholic America - Emerging Adults In, Out of, and Gone from the Church (Hardcover)

Studies of young American Catholics over the last three decades suggest a growing crisis in the Catholic Church: compared to their elders, young Catholics are looking to the Church less as they form their identities, and fewer of them can even explain what it means to be Catholic and why that matters. Young Catholic America, the latest book based on the groundbreaking National Study of Youth and Religion, explores a crucial stage in the life of Catholics. Drawing on in-depth surveys and interviews of Catholics and ex-Catholics ages eighteen to twenty-threea demographic commonly known as early emerging adulthoodleading sociologist Christian Smith and his colleagues offer a wealth of insight into the wide variety of religious practices and beliefs among young Catholics today, the early influences and life-altering events that lead them to embrace the Church or abandon it, and how being Catholic affects them as they become full-fledged adults. Beyond its rich collection of statistical data, the book includes vivid case studies of individuals spanning a full decade, as well as insight into the twentieth-century events that helped to shape the Church and its members in America. An innovative contribution to what we know about religion in the United States and the evolving Catholic Church, Young Catholic America is the definitive source for anyone seeking to understand what it means to be young and Catholic in America today.

General

Imprint:	Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	March 2014
First published:	March 2014
Authors:	Christian Smith (William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of Sociology) • Kyle Longest (Assistant Professor of Sociology) • Jonathan Hill (Assistant Professor of Sociology) • Kari Christoffersen (PhD Candidate)
Dimensions:	241 x 164 x 26mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	336
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-934107-8
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Christianity > Roman Catholicism, Roman Catholic Church > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social groups & communities > Age groups > Children Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social groups & communities > Age groups > Adolescents Books > Religion & Spirituality > Christianity > Roman Catholicism, Roman Catholic Church > General Books > Christianity > Roman Catholicism, Roman Catholic Church Promotions
LSN:	0-19-934107-9
Barcode:	9780199341078

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