Guiseppe Giordan, is Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Padua. He is General Secretary of the International Society for the Sociology of Religion (ISSR/SISR), Secretary of the Italian Sociological Association on the Sociology of Religion, and Book Review Editor of Religioni e Società. His main works include Indentity and Pluralism: The Values of Postmodern Time, and the edited volumes: Tra Religione e spiritualità: Il rapport con il sacro nell’ Epoca del Pluralismo (2006); Vocation and Social Context (2007) and Conversion in the Age of Pluralism (2009), volumes 14 and 17 in the Religion and the Social Order series (Brill).

• CONTENTSPreface ARTICLESDifferential Reconstruction of Religions among Second Generation Immigrant Youth in Canada - Peter BeyerYouth, Spirituality, and Religion in Canada and Quebec - Solange Lefebvre in collaboration with K. Gandhar ChakravartyBrazilian University Students and Religion - Ari Pedro Oro and Mauro MeirellesDevelopments in Spirituality among Youth in Australia and Other Western Societies - Michael Mason, Andrew Singleton and Ruth WebberThe Religiosity of Youth in Australia and Thailand - Philip HughesYouth and Religion in Modern China: A Sketch of Social and Political Developments - Fenggang YangYoung People and Religion in France - Céline Béraud and Jean-Paul WillaimeYouth and Religion in Finland - Kati Niemelä(Dis)engagements with Christianity amongst Young People in England and Scotland - Giselle Vincett and Sylvia Collins-MayoGerman Youth: Neither Participants nor Partakers in Religion? - Gert PickelThe Quest for Religious Purity in New Age, Evangelicalism and Islam. Religious Renditions of Dutch Youth and the Luckmann Legacy - Johan Roeland, Stef Aupers, Dick Houtman, Martijn de Koning and Ineke NoomenReligion and Youth in Croatia - Dinka Marinović Jerolimov and Boris JokićYoung Muslims of Italy. Islam in the Everyday Life and the Public Visibility of a New Generation of Muslims - Annalisa FrisinaBelievers in Progress. Youth and Religion in Italy - Giuseppe GiordanNOTESLifestyles and Religion - Luigi BerzanoVisual Sociology and Religion - Roberto Cipriani and Emanuela C. Del ReFOCUS ON The United States: God Bless America - William H. Swatos, Jr.Religion in the Netherlands - Erik SengersReligion and Politics in Portugal: Religious Landscape and Prospective Developments - Helena VilaçaList of Contributors

Guiseppe Giordan, is Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Padua. He is General Secretary of the International Society for the Sociology of Religion (ISSR/SISR), Secretary of the Italian Sociological Association on the Sociology of Religion, and Book Review Editor of Religioni e Società. His main works include Indentity and Pluralism: The Values of Postmodern Time, and the edited volumes: Tra Religione e spiritualità: Il rapport con il sacro nell’ Epoca del Pluralismo (2006); Vocation and Social Context (2007) and Conversion in the Age of Pluralism (2009), volumes 14 and 17 in the Religion and the Social Order series (Brill).

• CONTENTSPreface ARTICLESDifferential Reconstruction of Religions among Second Generation Immigrant Youth in Canada - Peter BeyerYouth, Spirituality, and Religion in Canada and Quebec - Solange Lefebvre in collaboration with K. Gandhar ChakravartyBrazilian University Students and Religion - Ari Pedro Oro and Mauro MeirellesDevelopments in Spirituality among Youth in Australia and Other Western Societies - Michael Mason, Andrew Singleton and Ruth WebberThe Religiosity of Youth in Australia and Thailand - Philip HughesYouth and Religion in Modern China: A Sketch of Social and Political Developments - Fenggang YangYoung People and Religion in France - Céline Béraud and Jean-Paul WillaimeYouth and Religion in Finland - Kati Niemelä(Dis)engagements with Christianity amongst Young People in England and Scotland - Giselle Vincett and Sylvia Collins-MayoGerman Youth: Neither Participants nor Partakers in Religion? - Gert PickelThe Quest for Religious Purity in New Age, Evangelicalism and Islam. Religious Renditions of Dutch Youth and the Luckmann Legacy - Johan Roeland, Stef Aupers, Dick Houtman, Martijn de Koning and Ineke NoomenReligion and Youth in Croatia - Dinka Marinović Jerolimov and Boris JokićYoung Muslims of Italy. Islam in the Everyday Life and the Public Visibility of a New Generation of Muslims - Annalisa FrisinaBelievers in Progress. Youth and Religion in Italy - Giuseppe GiordanNOTESLifestyles and Religion - Luigi BerzanoVisual Sociology and Religion - Roberto Cipriani and Emanuela C. Del ReFOCUS ON The United States: God Bless America - William H. Swatos, Jr.Religion in the Netherlands - Erik SengersReligion and Politics in Portugal: Religious Landscape and Prospective Developments - Helena VilaçaList of Contributors

Guiseppe Giordan, is Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Padua. He is General Secretary of the International Society for the Sociology of Religion (ISSR/SISR), Secretary of the Italian Sociological Association on the Sociology of Religion, and Book Review Editor of Religioni e Società. His main works include Indentity and Pluralism: The Values of Postmodern Time, and the edited volumes: Tra Religione e spiritualità: Il rapport con il sacro nell’ Epoca del Pluralismo (2006); Vocation and Social Context (2007) and Conversion in the Age of Pluralism (2009), volumes 14 and 17 in the Religion and the Social Order series (Brill).

• CONTENTSPreface ARTICLESDifferential Reconstruction of Religions among Second Generation Immigrant Youth in Canada - Peter BeyerYouth, Spirituality, and Religion in Canada and Quebec - Solange Lefebvre in collaboration with K. Gandhar ChakravartyBrazilian University Students and Religion - Ari Pedro Oro and Mauro MeirellesDevelopments in Spirituality among Youth in Australia and Other Western Societies - Michael Mason, Andrew Singleton and Ruth WebberThe Religiosity of Youth in Australia and Thailand - Philip HughesYouth and Religion in Modern China: A Sketch of Social and Political Developments - Fenggang YangYoung People and Religion in France - Céline Béraud and Jean-Paul WillaimeYouth and Religion in Finland - Kati Niemelä(Dis)engagements with Christianity amongst Young People in England and Scotland - Giselle Vincett and Sylvia Collins-MayoGerman Youth: Neither Participants nor Partakers in Religion? - Gert PickelThe Quest for Religious Purity in New Age, Evangelicalism and Islam. Religious Renditions of Dutch Youth and the Luckmann Legacy - Johan Roeland, Stef Aupers, Dick Houtman, Martijn de Koning and Ineke NoomenReligion and Youth in Croatia - Dinka Marinović Jerolimov and Boris JokićYoung Muslims of Italy. Islam in the Everyday Life and the Public Visibility of a New Generation of Muslims - Annalisa FrisinaBelievers in Progress. Youth and Religion in Italy - Giuseppe GiordanNOTESLifestyles and Religion - Luigi BerzanoVisual Sociology and Religion - Roberto Cipriani and Emanuela C. Del ReFOCUS ON The United States: God Bless America - William H. Swatos, Jr.Religion in the Netherlands - Erik SengersReligion and Politics in Portugal: Religious Landscape and Prospective Developments - Helena VilaçaList of Contributors