Contributions

  • Smith, Christian, 1960- - Contributor
  • Hill, Jonathan, author - Contributor
  • Christoffersen, Kari, author - Contributor

Publication

2014 - Oxford University Press, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

81,500 words, Guess

Page Count

326 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-100199341079
  • ISBN-139780199341078
  • ISBN-139780199341085
  • ISBN-139780199341092
  • ISBN-100199341087
and 6 more
  • ISBN-100199341095
  • Library of Congress Control Number2013032624
  • OCLC Control Number858896116
  • Better World Books9780199341078
  • Better World Books9780199341085
  • Open LibraryOL27157823M

Classifications

  • DDC282/.730842
  • LCCBX2347.8.Y64 S65 2014
  • LCCBX2347.8.Y64Y685
and 2 more
  • LCCBX2347.8.Y64 Y685 2014
  • LCCBX2347.8.Y64.S658 2

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.

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