Young Catholic America
Subtitle: emerging adults in, out of, and gone from the church
By: Christian Smith, Kyle Longest, Jonathan Hill, and Kari Christoffersen
Contributors: Smith, Christian, 1960-; Hill, Jonathan, author; Christoffersen, Kari, author
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 326
ISBN-13: 9780199341078; 9780199341085; 9780199341092
Subjects: Church work with young adults; Religious life; Catholic Church; Young adults
Description: Drawing on in-depth surveys and interviews of Catholics and ex-Catholics ages 18 to 23--a demographic commonly known as early "emerging adulthood"--leading 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.