Soul Searching

The Religious and Spiritual Lives of American Teenagers

Christian Smith author Melinda Lundquist Denton author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Oxford University Press Inc

Published:10th Mar '05

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Soul Searching cover

In most discussions and analyses of American teenage life, one major topic is curiously overlooked--religion. Yet most American teens say that religious faith is important in their lives. What is going on in the religious and spiritual lives of American teenagers? What do they actually believe? What religious practices do they engage in? Do they expect to remain loyal to the faith of their parents? Or are they abandoning traditional religious institutions in search of a new, more "authentic" spirituality? Answering these and many other questions, Soul Searching tells the definitive story of the religious and spiritual lives of contemporary American teenagers.

The National Survey of Youth and Religion is comprehensive and reliable research and will be central for the consideration of teenage spirituality and religion and a starting point for future research. * Simon Best, Quaker Studies, Vol. 11, Issue 2 *

  • Winner of Winner of the Christianity Today "Christanity and Culture" 2006 Book Award.

ISBN: 9780195180954

Dimensions: 243mm x 166mm x 30mm

Weight: 635g

368 pages