Title The spirit of Generation Y : young people's spirituality in a changing Australia / Michael Mason, Andrew Singleton, Ruth Webber

Published Mulgrave, Vic. : John Garratt Pub., 2007 Mulgrave, Vic. : John Garratt Publishing, 2007

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Description 400 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm Summary "The Spirit of Generation Y extends current understanding of young people's inner lives in a rapidly changing world. Targeting a group more often associated with cyberspace than the church pew, it offers an important and innovative reading of the impact of dramatic socio-cultural changes on young people's spiritual lives in late modernity. Drawing on data from a national survey and over one hundred in-depth interviews, The Spirit of Generation Y explores the worldviews and values of those born after 1980, now in their teens and early twenties. It describes in detail the three major types of spirituality found among them: Traditional, New Age and Secular. Despite the prominence in the mass media of alternative spiritualities, this book argues that for the most part, young people are not active spiritual seekers, but instead have a highly individualistic and relativistic approach to life and spirituality, and are hardly familiar with religious traditions. The authors show that spirituality is strongly associated with many other aspects of young people's lives: their sense of meaning, their search for happiness, and particularly their social concern and civic engagement. The study's findings and conclusions are compared with other relevant research and theory, and implications are suggested for understanding and communicating with Generation Y, and for pastoral care and youth ministry, especially in schools."--BOOK JACKET Analysis Youth - Australia - Religious life Generation Y - Australia Australia - Social life and customs - 1990- Spirituality - Catholic Church - History - 20th century Young adults - Australia - Religious life Australia - Social life and customs - 21st century Notes First published [Melbourne : Australian Catholic University], 2006 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Subject Young adults -- Religious life -- Australia. Youth -- Religious life -- Australia. Generation Y -- Australia -- Attitudes. Generation Y -- Religious life -- Australia. Youth -- Australia -- Attitudes Spirituality -- Australia. SUBJECT Australia -- Social conditions. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008114311 Australia -- Social life and customs. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008114315 Australia -- Social conditions http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008114311 -- 1990- Australia -- Social life and customs http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008114315 -- 1990- Australia http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79021326 -- Social life and conditions -- 1990- Australia http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79021326 -- Religion -- 21st century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002006567 Author Singleton, Andrew Tintin, 1970- author Webber, Ruth P., author Hughes, Philip, author ISBN 9781920721466 (paperback)

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