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Wuthnow After the Baby Boomers
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ISBN: 978-1-4008-3122-7
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How Twenty- and Thirty-Somethings Are Shaping the Future of American Religion
E-Book, Englisch, 320 Seiten
ISBN: 978-1-4008-3122-7
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)
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Weitere Infos & Material
List of Figures and Tables ix
Preface xiii
Chapter 1: AMERICAN RELIGION
An Uncertain Future 1
How to Think about Younger Adults 3
The Population of Young Adults 7
Coming of Age at Forty 9
The Religious Significance of Young Adults 12
A Generation of Tinkerers 13
An Uncertain Future 17
Chapter 2: THE CHANGING LIFE WORLDS OF YOUNG ADULTS
Seven Key Trends 20
Delayed Marriage 21
Children-- Fewer and Later 24
Uncertainties of Work and Money 28
Higher Education (for Some) 36
Loosening Relationships 37
Globalization 42
Culture--An Information Explosion 44
Summing Up 49
Chapter 3: GOING TO CHURCH--OR NOT
Who Participates in Congregations? 51
Attendance in Two Time Periods 52
The Reasons for Declining Participation 54
A Closer Look at Marriage and Children 62
Communities 65
Is the United States Becoming Like Europe? 66
The Profile of Regular Church Goers 68
Religious Attendance in Perspective 69
Chapter 4: THE MAJOR FAITH COMMUNITIES
Thinking Beyond Winners and Losers 71
The Significance of Young Adults 72
The Major Faith Traditions 75
Evangelicals and Mainline Protestants 77
Black Protestants, Catholics, and Jews 84
Other Faiths and the Nonaffiliated 86
Beyond Winners and Losers 87
Chapter 5: THE BIBLE TELLS ME SO (I THINK)
Recent Trends in Religious Beliefs 89
Some Possible Scenarios 90
Decline in Orthodox Beliefs 96
Orthodoxy, with Rising Secularity 98
Countervailing Effects of Diversity 101
Orthodoxy Mixed with Heterodoxy 103
Different Trends among Educational Categories 107
Changing Relationships with Education 108
Different Trends among Faith Communities 110
Chapter 6: SPIRITUALITY AND SPIRITUAL PRACTICES
The Role of Faith in Personal Life 112
Church Shopping and Hopping 114
Social Networks 117
Civility 120
Are Converts Different? 123
Seeking Answers 124
Spiritual Practices 127
Music and Art 129
Spiritual but Not Religious? 131
The Nature of Spiritual Tinkering 134
Chapter 7: FAITH AND FAMILY
Facing the Difficult Choices 136
Considering Marriage 136
Having Sex 138
Weddings 139
Marital Happiness 141
Parenting 142
Right and Wrong 145
Empathy 148
Threats to Today's Families 149
Seeking Support 151
Religious and Ethnic Diversity 152
Faith Matters 155
Chapter 8: THE DIVIDED GENERATION
Religion and Public Life 157
The Split between Conservatives and Liberals 160
Civil Religion 163
Voting in Presidential Elections 167
Mixing Religion and Politics 171
Hot-Button Issues: Abortion 173
Hot-Button Issues: Homosexuality 174
The Religious Right 177
War and Peace 179
Why It Matters 180
Chapter 9: EMERGING TRENDS
Immigration and Ethnic Diversity 183
Hispanic Catholics 183
A Note on Hispanic Protestants 187
Asian Americans 188
Hospitality or Hostility 193
A Closer Look at Church Involvement 197
Chapter 10: THE VIRTUAL CHURCH
Religious Uses of the Internet 201
Religion Websites 201
Social Issues 203
The Internet and Religious Music 206
Staying in Touch by E-mail 207
The Internet and Spiritual Seeking 209
Congregations and the Internet 212
Chapter 11: VITAL CONGREGATIONS
Youthful and Diverse 214
The Profile of Youthful Congregations 219
Minichurch or Megachurch 221
Alternative Styles of Worship 223
Meeting the Changing Needs of Families 225
Interreligious Programs 226
Opportunities for International Ministry 227
Opportunities for Service 228
A Future for Congregations 230
APPENDIX 233
The National Young Adults and Religion Study 233
Methodology 234
The Surveys and Other Data 238
Qualitative Interviews 247
Supplementary Tables 251
Notes 255
Selected Bibliography 279
Index 293
