Lisa D. Pearce is Associate Professor of Sociology and Fellow at the Carolina Population Center at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. She is the co-author, with William G. Axinn of Mixed Method Data Collection Strategies.Melinda Lundquist Denton is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Clemson University. She is the co-author, with Christian Smith, of Soul Searching: The Religious and Spiritual Lives of American Teenagers.

A Faith of Their Own is a terrific and succinct introduction to the NSYR. Its analysis is clear, its exposition is clean, and its interpretative typology merits wide adoption.

• 1. Introduction ; 2. (Re)conceptualizing Religiousity and Spirituality ; 3. Religious Profiles in Adolescence ; 4. Correlates and Outcomes of Class Membership ; 5. Religious Change over Time ; 6. Understanding Religious Change ; 7. Conclusion

Lisa D. Pearce is Associate Professor of Sociology and Fellow at the Carolina Population Center at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. She is the co-author, with William G. Axinn of Mixed Method Data Collection Strategies.Melinda Lundquist Denton is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Clemson University. She is the co-author, with Christian Smith, of Soul Searching: The Religious and Spiritual Lives of American Teenagers.

A Faith of Their Own is a terrific and succinct introduction to the NSYR. Its analysis is clear, its exposition is clean, and its interpretative typology merits wide adoption.

• 1. Introduction ; 2. (Re)conceptualizing Religiousity and Spirituality ; 3. Religious Profiles in Adolescence ; 4. Correlates and Outcomes of Class Membership ; 5. Religious Change over Time ; 6. Understanding Religious Change ; 7. Conclusion

Lisa D. Pearce is Associate Professor of Sociology and Fellow at the Carolina Population Center at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. She is the co-author, with William G. Axinn of Mixed Method Data Collection Strategies.Melinda Lundquist Denton is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Clemson University. She is the co-author, with Christian Smith, of Soul Searching: The Religious and Spiritual Lives of American Teenagers.

A Faith of Their Own is a terrific and succinct introduction to the NSYR. Its analysis is clear, its exposition is clean, and its interpretative typology merits wide adoption.

• 1. Introduction ; 2. (Re)conceptualizing Religiousity and Spirituality ; 3. Religious Profiles in Adolescence ; 4. Correlates and Outcomes of Class Membership ; 5. Religious Change over Time ; 6. Understanding Religious Change ; 7. Conclusion