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A Faith Loosely Held

The institutional allegiance of young Catholics

Juan L. Gonzales, Jr. | Mary Johnson | Dean R. Hoge | William Dinges

The demise of religious traditions is about the loss of the young, not the death of the old. The present is the future. Young adults-those twenty through thirty-nine years of age-now constitute nearly 40 percent of America’s 60 million Catholics. They are a large segment of the 20 million or so Catholics who appear disconnected from their tradition, that is, who do not (...)


 

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Juan L. Gonzales, Jr. is professor of sociology at California State University, Hayward.

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Mary Johnson, SND de N, is associate professor of sociology at Emmanuel College, Boston.

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The late Dean R. Hoge was professor of sociology at the Catholic University of America.

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William Dinges is associate professor of religious studies, The Catholic University of America.

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