Next Mormons - How Millennials Are Changing the Lds Church

About three-quarters of people who grew up Mormon used to remain in the LDS Church, but in recent years, this number has dropped to about half. This book draws on survey research and interviews to explain why so many young adults are leaving the faith, placing the Mormon story in the broader context of rising secularism in America. Along the way it gives personal stories of Mormons' missionary and temple experiences, unpacks changing understandings of the family, andexplores the generational fallout of the religion's political conservatism.

List of contents

• Introduction: The Changing Face of Mormonism in America


• Part One: Foundations


• 1. The Continuity of Religious Belief


• 2. Called to Serve: Adolescence and the Missionary Experience


• 3. Rites of Passage and the LDS Temple


• Part Two: Changing Definitions of Family and Culture


• 4. Single Mormons in a Married Church


• 5. Millennial Women and Shifting Gender Expectations


• 6. Minority Mormons and Racial Attitudes


• 7. Rainbow Fault Lines: LGBT Inclusion


• Part Three: Passages of Faith and Doubt


• 8. Navigating Religious Practice for a New Generation


• 9. Social and Political Views Among Current and Former Mormons


• 10. The Realignment of Mormon Religious Authority


• 11. Exodus: Millennial Former Mormons


• Conclusion: A Mormonism for the Twenty-first Century


• The 2016 Next Mormons Survey (by Benjamin Knoll with Jana Riess)


• Acknowledgments and Donors


• Notes


• Index

About the author

Jana Riess is a senior columnist for Religion News Service and the author or co-author of many books, including Mormonism and American Politics, Flunking Sainthood, and The Prayer Wheel: Rediscovering Prayer with an Ancient Spiritual Practice. She has a PhD in American religious history from Columbia University.

Product details

• Authors: Jana Riess, Jana (Senior Columnist Riess, Riess Jana
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.05.2019
• EAN: 9780190885205
• ISBN: 978-0-19-088520-5
• No. of pages: 328
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology of Religion, RELIGION / Religion, Politics & State, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, RELIGION / Christianity / Denominations, Christian life & practice, Religion & politics, Christian Churches & denominations, Christian Churches, denominations, groups, Sociology & anthropology, Religion and Politics, Christian life and practice, RELIGION / Christian Living / General, Religious aspects of sexuality, gender and relationships, Sociology and anthropology, RELIGION / Christian Living / Family & Relationships, Christian aspects of sexuality, gender & relationships