Young Adult Catholics
Subtitle: Religion in the Culture of Choice
Contributors: Dean R. Hoge (Editor)
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press
Published: September 2001
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9780268044763
Subjects: Adolescents; Adults; Cultural studies; Religious groups; Roman Catholicism, Roman Catholic Church; Religion - Catholicism; Religion; Latin America; USA; Christianity - Catholic; Catholic Church; Church history; Religious life; United States; Young adults
Description: "Leaders of the American Catholic community want to and need to reach out to young adults. But effective ministry to young adults depends on an understanding of the attitudes and the needs of the current generation of Catholics in their 20s and 30s. This is why Dean Hoge, William Dinges, Mary Johnson, and Juan Gonzales began their study of young adult Catholics. How do they actually live their Catholicism? Are they alienated from the church? Are they cynical about the church's moral teachings?

Do they take the pope's statements seriously? Do they attend Mass? Have significant numbers left for other churches? Do they want Catholic education for their children?".

"Seeking answers to these and other questions, the authors conducted a national survey in 1997, supplemented by a telephone survey and then by personal interviews with over 800 men and women across the country. The interviews put a human face on the information provided, and they form a compelling part of this timely narrative. Of special interest is the focus on Latino Catholics.

The authors underscore observations that include the strength and tenacity of Catholic identity in spite of many challenges, the high level of personal decision making among those interviewed and surveyed, and the readiness of young Catholics for institutional reforms."--BOOK JACKET.