{"product_id":"young-catholic-america-emerging-adults-in-out-of-and-gone-from-the-church-hardcover-1","title":"Young Catholic America: Emerging Adults In, Out Of, and Gone from the Church - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eChristian Smith\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eKyle Longest\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJonathan Hill\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBest Review at the Catholic Press Association Convention\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eStudies of young American Catholics over the last three decades suggest a growing crisis in the Catholic Church: compared to their elders, young Catholics are looking to the Church less as they form their identities, and fewer of them can even explain what it means to be Catholic and why that matters. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cem\u003eYoung Catholic America\u003c\/em\u003e, the latest book based on the groundbreaking National Study of Youth and Religion, explores a crucial stage in the life of Catholics. 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAn innovative contribution to what we know about religion in the United States and the evolving Catholic Church, \u003cem\u003eYoung Catholic America\u003c\/em\u003e is the definitive source for anyone seeking to understand what it means to be young and Catholic in America today.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChristian Smith\u003c\/strong\u003e is William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of Sociology at the University of Notre Dame, Director of the Center for the Study of Religion and Society, Director of the Notre Dame Center for Social Research, Principal Investigator of the National Study of Youth and Religion, and Principal Investigator of the Science of Generosity Initiative. He is the author, co-author, or editor of numerous books, including \u003cem\u003eSouls in Transition: The Religious and Spiritual Lives of American Emerging Adults\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eLost in Transition: The Dark Side of Emerging Adulthood\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eSoul Searching: The Religious and Spiritual Lives of American Teenagers\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKyle Longest\u003c\/strong\u003e is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Furman University.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJonathan Hill\u003c\/strong\u003e is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Calvin College.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKari Christoffersen\u003c\/strong\u003e is a PhD candidate at the University of Notre Dame.\u003cbr\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 9.3 x 6.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 04, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42562764439648,"sku":"9780199341078","price":59.79,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0598\/1922\/9280\/files\/N2ZPeTNUSUxMWVB0cjUvRnFUQ3NlZz09.webp?v=1770371785","url":"https:\/\/bijoucc.myshopify.com\/products\/young-catholic-america-emerging-adults-in-out-of-and-gone-from-the-church-hardcover-1","provider":"CARIBBEAN CONNECT","version":"1.0","type":"link"}