Title: Souls in transition : the religious and spiritual lives of emerging adults /
Authors: Smith, Christian, 1960-; Snell, Patricia, 1978-
Publisher: Oxford University Press,
Year: 2009
Subjects: Young adults Religious life United States.; Spiritual life.
Abstract: This title contains a cultural analysis of emerging adult religion, based on interviews, trying to describe and understand the contours, textures, and complexities of the cultural categories, narratives, discourses, attitudes, and norms of young adult faith and religious and spiritual practice.
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 -- Soul searching teenagers 5 years later -- Religious trajectories from the teenage years -- Religious faith and emerging adult life outcomes -- Making some sense of it all.