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The next Mormons : how Millennials are changing the LDS church / Jana Riess.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Riess, Jana, author.
- Series:
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints--History--21st century.
- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints--Public opinion.
- Latter Day Saint churches--History--21st century.
- Latter Day Saint churches.
- Generation Y--Religious life.
- Generation Y.
- Generation Y--Attitudes.
- Latter Day Saint churches--Public opinion.
- Public opinion.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (312 pages) : illustrations
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2019]
- Summary:
- About three-quarters of people who grew up Mormon used to remain in the LDS Church, but in recent years, this number has dropped to about half. This book draws on survey research and interviews to explain why so many young adults are leaving the faith, placing the Mormon story in the broader context of rising secularism in America. Along the way it gives personal stories of Mormons' missionary and temple experiences, unpacks changing understandings of the family, and explores the generational fallout of the religion's political conservatism.
- 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).
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on February 21, 2019).
- Also issued in print: 2019.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Riess, Jana. Next Mormons.
- ISBN:
- 9780190938277
- 0190938277
- 9780190885212
- 0190885211
- 9780190885229
- 019088522X
- OCLC:
- 1078418015
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