Christian Smith is the William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of Sociology at the University of Notre Dame, Director of the Center for the Sociology of Religion and Society, and Principal Investigator of the National Study of Youth and Religion. He is the author of Moral, Believing Animals (OUP, 2003), co-author of Divided by Faith (OUP, 2000) and the co-author of the forthcoming Passing the Plate (OUP).Melinda Lundquist Denton is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Clemson University.

'We strongly recommend this book to those interested in the religiosity of American teenagers. Social scientists, religious leaders, youth leaders, and parents will find this an enlightening read.'

• Introduction ; 1. Two Baptist Girls ; 2. Mapping the Big Picture ; 3. Spiritual Seekers, the Disengaged, and Religiously Devoted Teens ; 4. God, Religion, Whatever-On Moralistic Therapeutic Deism ; 5. Teenage Religion in Social Context ; 6. On Catholic Teens ; 7. Adolescent Religion and Life Outcomes ; 8. Conclusion

Christian Smith is the William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of Sociology at the University of Notre Dame, Director of the Center for the Sociology of Religion and Society, and Principal Investigator of the National Study of Youth and Religion. He is the author of Moral, Believing Animals (OUP, 2003), co-author of Divided by Faith (OUP, 2000) and the co-author of the forthcoming Passing the Plate (OUP).Melinda Lundquist Denton is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Clemson University.

'We strongly recommend this book to those interested in the religiosity of American teenagers. Social scientists, religious leaders, youth leaders, and parents will find this an enlightening read.'

• Introduction ; 1. Two Baptist Girls ; 2. Mapping the Big Picture ; 3. Spiritual Seekers, the Disengaged, and Religiously Devoted Teens ; 4. God, Religion, Whatever-On Moralistic Therapeutic Deism ; 5. Teenage Religion in Social Context ; 6. On Catholic Teens ; 7. Adolescent Religion and Life Outcomes ; 8. Conclusion

Christian Smith is the William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of Sociology at the University of Notre Dame, Director of the Center for the Sociology of Religion and Society, and Principal Investigator of the National Study of Youth and Religion. He is the author of Moral, Believing Animals (OUP, 2003), co-author of Divided by Faith (OUP, 2000) and the co-author of the forthcoming Passing the Plate (OUP).Melinda Lundquist Denton is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Clemson University.

'We strongly recommend this book to those interested in the religiosity of American teenagers. Social scientists, religious leaders, youth leaders, and parents will find this an enlightening read.'

• Introduction ; 1. Two Baptist Girls ; 2. Mapping the Big Picture ; 3. Spiritual Seekers, the Disengaged, and Religiously Devoted Teens ; 4. God, Religion, Whatever-On Moralistic Therapeutic Deism ; 5. Teenage Religion in Social Context ; 6. On Catholic Teens ; 7. Adolescent Religion and Life Outcomes ; 8. Conclusion