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Author Riess, Jana, author.

Title The next Mormons : how Millennials are changing the LDS church / Jana Riess.

Publication Info. New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2019]

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Location Call No. Status
 Avon Free Public Library - Adult Department  289.3 RIESS    Check Shelf
 East Hartford, Raymond Library - Adult Department  289.3 RIESS    Check Shelf
 Enfield, Main Library - Adult Department  289.3 RIE    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  289.373 RIESS    DUE 04-11-24
 Windsor Locks Public Library - Adult Department  289.373 RIE    Check Shelf
Description 312 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction : the changing face of Mormonism in America -- Part one: Foundations. The continuity of religious belief -- Called to serve : adolescence and the missionary experience -- Rites of passage and the LDS temple -- Part two: Changing definitions of family and culture. Single Mormons in a married church -- Millennial women and shifting gender expectations -- Minority Mormons and racial attitudes -- Rainbow fault lines : LGBT inclusion -- Part three: Passages of faith and doubt. Navigating religious practice for a new generation -- Social and political views among current and former Mormons -- The realignment of Mormon religious authority -- Exodus : millennial former Mormons -- Conclusion : a Mormonism for the twenty-first century -- The 2016 Next Mormons Survey (by Benjamin Knoll with Jana Riess).
Summary American Millennials--the generation born in the 1980s and 1990s--have been leaving organized religion in unprecedented numbers. For a long time, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was an exception: nearly three-quarters of people who grew up Mormon stayed that way into adulthood. In The Next Mormons, Jana Riess demonstrates that things are starting to change. American Millennials--the generation born in the 1980s and 1990s--have been leaving organized religion in unprecedented numbers. For a long time, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was an exception: nearly three-quarters of people who grew up Mormon stayed that way into adulthood. In The Next Mormons, Jana Riess demonstrates that things are starting to change. The Next Mormons offers a portrait of a generation navigating between traditional religion and a rapidly changing culture.
Subject Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints -- History -- 21st century.
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints -- Public opinion.
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. (OCoLC)fst00549691
Latter Day Saint churches -- History -- 21st century.
Generation Y -- Religious life.
Generation Y -- Attitudes.
Latter Day Saint churches -- Public opinion.
Mormon Church. (OCoLC)fst01026221
Mormon Church -- Public opinion. (OCoLC)fst01026257
Public opinion. (OCoLC)fst01082785
Chronological Term 2000-2099
Genre/Form History.
ISBN 9780190885205 hardcover alkaline paper
0190885203 hardcover alkaline paper
9780190885229 electronic book
019088522X electronic book
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