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The Next Mormons

The Next Mormons Hardcover - 2019

by Riess, Jana

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New York: Oxford University Press, 2019. Second printing. Hardcover. New/new. 312pp. Octavo [24cm]. Hot pink paper over boards with title stamped in white on spine. "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. Drawing on a large-scale national study of four generations of current and former Mormons as well as dozens of in-depth personal interviews, Riess explores the religious beliefs and behaviors of young adult Mormons, finding that while their levels of belief remain strong, their institutional loyalties are less certain than their parents' and grandparents'. For a growing number of Millennials, the tensions between the Church's conservative ideals and their generation's commitment to individualism and pluralism prove too high, causing them to leave the faith-often experiencing deep personal anguish in the process. Those who remain within the fold are attempting to carefully balance the Church's strong emphasis on the traditional family with their generation's more inclusive definition that celebrates same-sex couples and women's equality. Mormon families are changing too. More Mormons are remaining single, parents are having fewer children, and more women are working outside the home than a generation ago.
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  • Title The Next Mormons
  • Author Riess, Jana
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition Second printing
  • Condition New
  • Pages 328
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Oxford University Press, New York
  • Date 2019
  • Features Bibliography, Index
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 59537
  • ISBN 9780190885205 / 0190885203
  • Weight 1.31 lbs (0.59 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.36 x 6.45 x 1.13 in (23.77 x 16.38 x 2.87 cm)
  • Themes
    • Religious Orientation: Christian
    • Religious Orientation: Lds (Mormon) Interest
  • Library of Congress subjects Generation Y - Religious life, Generation Y - Attitudes
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2018037059
  • Dewey Decimal Code 289.373

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Citations

  • Booklist, 12/01/2018, Page 4
  • Choice, 02/01/2020, Page 0
  • Publishers Weekly, 01/14/2019, Page 0

About the author

Jana Riess is a senior columnist for Religion News Service and the author or co-author of many books, including Mormonism and American Politics, Flunking Sainthood, and The Prayer Wheel: Rediscovering Prayer with an Ancient Spiritual Practice. She has a PhD in American religious history from Columbia University.

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