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Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2010-Dec
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Spiritual vs. Religious: Perspectives from Today's Undergraduate Catholics
Overstreet, Dawn V.
Catholic Education: A Journal of Inquiry and Practice, v14 n2 p238-263 Dec 2010
Contemporary American college students simultaneously express both increased interest in spirituality and declining interest in traditional religion. Recent research recognizes the trend of young adults separating spirituality from religion, but utilizes varied definitions of each term developed by the researchers. This study asks students directly whether and how they differentiate spirituality from religion. The purpose of this article is to examine how undergraduate Catholics attending a Catholic university conceive of themselves as spiritual or religious and the differences, if any, between the two descriptors. The perspectives of 20 young adults of various programs of study and self-described degrees of spirituality and religiousness are herein explored. (Contains 1 table.)
Descriptors: Religion, Spiritual Development, Religious Factors, Undergraduate Students, Student Attitudes, Catholics, Church Related Colleges
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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