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Riess, Jana, author.

The next Mormons : how Millennials are changing the LDS church / Jana Riess.

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2019]

312 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

American Millennials--the generation born in the 1980s and 1990s--have been leaving organized religion in unprecedented numbers. For a long time, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was an exception: nearly three-quarters of people who grew up Mormon stayed that way into adulthood. In The Next Mormons, Jana Riess demonstrates that things are starting to change. The Next Mormons offers a portrait of a generation navigating between traditional religion and a rapidly changing culture.

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints -- History -- 21st century.

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints -- Public opinion.

Latter Day Saint churches -- History -- 21st century.

Generation Y -- Religious life.

Generation Y -- Attitudes.

Latter Day Saint churches -- Public opinion.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : the changing face of Mormonism in America -- Part one: Foundations. The continuity of religious belief -- Called to serve : adolescence and the missionary experience -- Rites of passage and the LDS temple -- Part two: Changing definitions of family and culture. Single Mormons in a married church -- Millennial women and shifting gender expectations -- Minority Mormons and racial attitudes -- Rainbow fault lines : LGBT inclusion -- Part three: Passages of faith and doubt. Navigating religious practice for a new generation -- Social and political views among current and former Mormons -- The realignment of Mormon religious authority -- Exodus : millennial former Mormons -- Conclusion : a Mormonism for the twenty-first century -- The 2016 Next Mormons Survey (by Benjamin Knoll with Jana Riess).

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