Generation X
- CommentaryKeeping Faith: A CRCC Senior Fellow Finds the Key to Passing Religion Across GenerationsBengtson says that emotional warmth rather than devoutness or discipline appears to be the key factor in families that successfully transmit religious traditions across generations. Allowing their children—particularly adolescents—to venture away from orthodox expressions of belief might seem counterintuitive to parents who want their kids to remain in the fold. Yet Bengtson’s work shows that a home environment that is nurturing but not constricting appears most likely to encourage spiritual roots to grow deep.Topics: Family and Relationships, Generation X, Millennials, Population Trends, Religious "Nones", Religious Affiliation
- CRCC in the NewsSpirituality and Religion on “TakePart Live”CRCC Managing Director Brie Loskota appeared on an episode of Pivot TV’s TakePart Live along with The OpEd Project director Zeba Khan and comedian David Harris to discuss changing views of religion …Topics: Gender and Sexuality, Generation X, Millennials, Religious Affiliation
- BookReligion and YouthReligion and Youth Sylvia Collins-Mayo, Editor (Routledge: 2011) What is the future of religion given the responses of young people? What impact do existing religious forms …Topics: book chapter, Family and Relationships, Generation X, Religious Affiliation, Religious Beliefs and Rituals
- CommentaryX Game ChristianityThere’s an interesting article in the Sports Section of the New York Times (August 2, 2009) on several X Games competitors who have given up life in the fast lane, of (apparently) sex, drugs and rock and roll, and have converted to Christianity of an evangelical sort.Topics: Creativity and Innovation, Evangelicals and Evangelicalism, Generation X, Religious "Nones", Religious Affiliation
- BookFinding Faith: The Spiritual Quest of the Post-Boomer GenerationFinding Faith: The Spiritual Quest of the Post-Boomer Generation Richard Flory & Donald E. Miller (Rutgers University Press: 2008) Despite the masses still lining up to …Topics: Books, Christians and Christianity, Generation X, Millennials, Religious Affiliation
- BookA Sociology of SpiritualityA Sociology of Spirituality Kieran Flanagan, editor (Routledge: 2007) The emergence of spirituality in contemporary culture in holistic forms suggests that organised religions have failed. This …Topics: book chapter, Education, Gender and Sexuality, Generation X, Millennials, Religious Affiliation, Religious Beliefs and Rituals
- BookGenX ReligionGenX Religion Richard Flory & Donald E. Miller, editors (Routledge: 2000) GenX Religion is the first in-depth collection on this generation’s religious experience. The contributors, mostly …Topics: Books, Generation X, Race and Culture