In a landmark book that's" intriguing [and] provocative" and presents" an original thesis [to
explain] this peculiar paradox—we idealize marriage and yet we're so bad at it”(The New …

At the close of the twentieth century the United States was, by all accounts, among the most
religious of modern Western nations. Pillars of Faith describes the diversity of tradition and …

It is communion Sunday at a mixed-race church. A black pastor and white head elder stand
before the sanctuary as lay leaders pass out the host. An African-American woman sings a …

In the Course of a Lifetime provides an unprecedented portrait of the dynamic role religion
plays in the everyday experiences of Americans over the course of their lives. The book …

Studies of young American Catholics over the last three decades suggest a growing crisis in
the Catholic Church: compared to their elders, young Catholics are looking to the Church …

Catholic higher education in the United States is undergoing dramatic changes, driven
largely by the virtual disappearance of nuns, brothers, and priests from Catholic university …

We use data from the National Election Study (2000) to analyze relationships among
measures of religious orientation and commitment and three aspects of social trust. Results …

Background Numerous studies have been done of the religious affiliations, beliefs, and
practices of the Millennial generation (North Americans born between 1980 and 1995) …

Borrowing from the literature on religion and deviance, the concept of moral communities is
applied to religious and secular postsecondary education to explain institutional influences …

American Catholics in Transition reports on five surveys carried out at six year intervals over
a period of 25 years, from 1987 to 2011. The surveys are national probability samples of …