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Religion & the Millennial Generation
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Religion Among the Millennials
Millennials: A Portrait of Generation Next
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The Pew Research Center has initiated a multi-year research project on the Millennial
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American Millennials: Generations Apart Religion
Marist College Institute for Public Opinion and The Knights of Columbus
Marist Poll February 2010
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2. Adults in a Religious Congregation
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Summary of Theoretical Mechanisms Leading to
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Emerging Adulthood &
Faith Formation
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Souls in Transition: The Religious & Spiritual Lives of
Emerging Adults
Christian Smith with Patricia Snell (New York: Oxford U. Press, 2009) [$24.95]
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Lost and Found: The Younger Unchurched and the Churches
that Reach Them
Ed Stetzer, Richie Stanley, Jason Hayes (Nashville: B&H Publishing, 2009) [$17.99]
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Emerging Adulthood: The Winding Road from the Late Teens
through the Twenties
Jeffrey Jensen Arnett (New York: Oxford University Press, 2004) [$21.95]
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After the Baby Boomers: How Twenty- and ThirtySomethings Are Shaping the Future of American Religion
Robert Wuthnow (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2007) [$29.95]
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Passing on the Faith: Transforming Traditions for the Next
Generation of Jews, Christians, and Muslims
Edited by James Heft, S.M. (New York: Fordham University Press, 2006) [$22]
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Lifelong
Finding Faith: The Spiritual Quest of the Post-Boomer
Generation
Richard Flory and Donald E. Miller (New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press,
2008) [$19.95]
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Designing Contemporary Congregations: Strategies to Attract
Those Under 50
Laurene Beth Bowers (Cleveland: Pilgrim Press, 2008) [$14]
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In Real Time: Authentic Young Adult Ministry as It Happens!
Mike Glenn (Nashville: B&H Publishing, 2009) [$12.99]
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Connecting Young Adults to Catholic Parishes
Committee for Laity, USCCB (Washington: USCCB Publishing, 2010) [$24.95]
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Googling God: The Religious Landscape of People in their 20s
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Mike Hayes (New York: Paulist Press, 2007) [$17.95]
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