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Souls in transition : the religious and spiritual lives of emerging adults
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Souls in transition : the religious and spiritual lives of emerging adults

Author: Christian Smith; Patricia Snell
Publisher: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, ©2009.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Based on candid interviews with thousands of young people tracked over a five-year period, this book reveals how the religious practices of the teenagers portrayed in Soul Searching have been strengthened, challenged, and often changed as they have moved into adulthood.
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Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Christian Smith; Patricia Snell
ISBN: 9780195371796 0195371798
OCLC Number: 304386059
Description: viii, 355 p. : ill., charts ; 25 cm.
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.
Responsibility: Christian Smith ; with Patricia Snell.

Abstract:

Based on candid interviews with thousands of young people tracked over a five-year period, this book reveals how the religious practices of the teenagers portrayed in Soul Searching have been strengthened, challenged, and often changed as they have moved into adulthood.

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"Well-organized and seasoned with enough memorable interviews that lay readers will value it as much as specialists." --Publisher's Weekly


"Ranks for me as a potential book of the year


"Unlike the nonsense delivered in news magazines and opinion polls, Souls in Transition is serious scholarly research about religion among emerging adults. The sober, fair-minded presentation of evidence about what is and what is not happening among Americans age 18 to 23 is refreshing." --Robert Wuthnow, Princeton University


"It would be hard to exceed the brilliance of Soul Searching, but Smith and Snell have achieved this feat in Souls in Transition. Through a masterful combination of surveys and interviews the authors illuminate emerging adults' religious beliefs as no one has done before, and also provide numerous insights on how religion is connected to other aspects of their lives. This book is social science at its best and should not Read more...

 
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