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Article: Teens 4 God.(STATS)(American adolescents practice spiritual life, survey says)(Brief Article)
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- Sojourners Magazine
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- July 1, 2005
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Contrary to popular belief, teenagers actually do care--about religion. This arrives as hopeful news in light of contemporary Christian culture's tendency to identify youth as spiritually disillusioned. An ongoing four-year study by the National Study of Youth and Religion is looking at "the shape and influence of religion and spirituality in the lives of U.S. adolescents." It intends to identify effective practices in the moral formation of youth and quantify the effectiveness of church youth programs.
"Our research was limited to teens ages 13 to 17," Melinda Denton, co-author of Soul Searching: The Religious and Spiritual Lives of American Teenagers, told ...