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Soul Searching 2: The Rebellious Teen?
As we continue our trip through Christian Smith’s Soul Searching, a word about the research methodology itself. I thought the method of research for this work was really quite thorough. Here is Smith’s...
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Soul Searching 3: Teen Church Attendance
Today, as we continue to look through Christian Smith’s Soul Searching, we’re taking a look at teen religious service attendance. Before I show you the table, some definitions: CP = Conservative...
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Soul Searching 4: Teen Belief
Today, we’re taking a look at some of the specific beliefs of teens as shown in the research found in Christian Smith’s Soul Searching. We’re asking the question, “What is the God in which most teens...
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Soul Searching 5: Teen Religious Experience
Continuing our cruise through Christian Smith’s Soul Searching, let’s take a look at what teens say about their religious experience. For the table… CP = Conservative Protestant, MP = Mainline...
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Soul Searching 6: Not A Big Deal
Chapter 4: Moralistic Therapeutic Deism As we begin the wrap-up of Christian Smith’s Soul Searching, we’re going to take a look at the chapter of this book that has gained all the attention. To this...
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Soul Searching 7: In The Background
As we continue our look at teen religious trends from Christian Smith Soul Searching, today we take a look at just how important teen reported religion to be to them when interviewed and asked specific...
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Soul Searching 8: Not Too Religious
Continuing to look at the major themes uncovered in the one-on-one interviews in the book Soul Searching by Christian Smith. The first of these themes we’ve been sorting through is the idea that...
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Soul Searching 9: Everyone Decides For Themselves
Continuing in chapter 4 of Christian Smith’s Soul Searching, we look at yet another major theme of American teen religious belief: everyone decides for themselves. (Full Series) Who am I to judge?...
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Soul Searching 10: There is no right answer
(Soul Searching, Full Series) I’m finally getting back to Christian Smith’s Soul Searching, and we discover some more things about teen belief. Most of it is not that surprising overall, but that these...
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Soul Searching 11: It Helps Me Do What I Want
(Soul Searching, Full Series) Of all the themes uncovered in Christian Smith’s research, this next one is one of those that seems to me to be a particularly American way of viewing religion. The...
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