Building Belonging at School: Sports and Extracurricular Activities 

In 2023, Springtide embarked on new research with students from Catholic schools from across the country. The findings revealed some specific insights around creating a sense of belonging for students.  In this post, we share some insights inspired by this research and other Springtide data on building belonging through activities

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Memo About Springtide’s Research Focus in 2024 

With a core focus on religion, meaning-making, and all aspects of young people’s well-being, Springtide Research Institute amplifies the voices of the youngest generations and provides social-scientific data to those who know and serve them. Learning what young people think and do today hints at what’s to come tomorrow.  Each

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What does Gen Z believe?

In our annual State of Religion & Young People reports, we survey young people on certain dimensions of religion and spirituality to measure changes from both year to year and over time. These questions of identity, community, belief, and practice help us paint a robust picture of young people’s religious

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Building Belonging at School: Religion-Focused Environments 

In 2023, Springtide embarked on new research with students from Catholic schools from across the country. The findings revealed some specific insights around creating a sense of belonging for students. In this post, we share some insights inspired by this research and other Springtide data on building belonging in an

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Gen Z and Spiritual Practice 

Springtide data show that fewer and fewer young people are reporting regular attendance at religious services. This is on par with the larger trend of declining service attendance by people of all ages in the United States. Our findings also show that a majority of young people report either past

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Building Belonging at School: Safety and Authenticity 

In 2023, Springtide embarked on new research with students from Catholic schools from across the country. The findings revealed some specific insights around creating a sense of belonging for students. In this post, we share some insights inspired by this research and other Springtide data on how safety and authenticity

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To reach Gen Z, commit to face time

Springtide Research Institute was recently featured by Kentucky Today in an article. You can see an excerpt of this article in part below, but we encourage you to visit their site to read the piece in its entirety. Chris Trent, whose 30-plus years of student ministry led to his current role as

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What Is Sacred Sensibility? 

Our newest report, The State of Religion & Young People 2023: Exploring the Sacred, detailed young people’s sacred experience. Young people told us that for them the sacred isn’t confined to certain spaces or places, but instead exists in moments that evoke feelings of awe, connection, reverence, or appreciation.   Perhaps

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