Lisa Pearce - Sociology, UNC
Forms and Dynamics of Religiosity in the U.S. Adolescent Population
Date: 10/13/2011 (Thu)
Time: 3:30pm- 5:00pm
Location: Seminar will be held on-site: Rhodes Conference Rm. Sanford School of Public Policy
Organizer: Elizabeth Frankenberg
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All meetings will be held in the same location as the seminar unless otherwise noted.
12:00pm - Lunch
12:30pm - Lunch
1:00pm - OPEN
1:30pm - meeting with DuPRI students: Felicia Tian
2:00pm - OPEN
2:30pm - OPEN
3:00pm - OPEN
3:30pm - Seminar Presentation (3:30pm to 5:00pm)
Additional Comments: Abstract: In this talk, Pearce will highlight key findings from her book A Faith of Their Own: Stability and Change in the Religiosity of American Adolescents, coauthored with Melinda Lundquist Denton (Clemson). Drawing on debates over the definition and operationalization of religiosity in the sociology of religion, Pearce and Denton offer a revised view of religiosity as a person-based, or categorical variable, rather than a low-to-high continuous concept. Using survey and semi-structured interview data from the first two waves of the National Study of Youth and Religion, Pearce and Denton describe five general forms of religiosity in the U.S. adolescent population, and track transitions between these forms during adolescence. Pearce will also present findings from the book regarding sociodemographic factors and well-being outcomes that are related to practicing the different forms of religiosity in adolescence. This research sheds new light on how researchers conceptualize and measure religiosity, especially in the period of adolescence.