Lucy, a college student at Villanova University, shares how she weaves an appreciation for tradition with a need for exploration in how she defines and approaches her spiritual life. Participating in small faith communities, playing music in various religious and non-religious spaces, and connecting with the natural world are practices
Springtide Research Institute was recently featured by The Wall Street Journal. This article, Young People Say Disconnect Keeps Them From Church is reprinted in part below, but we encourage you to visit their site to read the piece in its entirety. Half of young people ages 13 to 25 surveyed said
Springtide Executive Director Dr. Josh Packard talks with Marte Aboagye, producer of The Voices of Young People Podcast, about key themes and takeaways from Season 5, exploring how the 10 guests’ stories correspond with our latest report: The State of Religion & Young People 2021: Navigating Uncertainty.
Springtide Research Institute was recently featured by Inside Higher Ed. This article, The Imperative to Support Muslim Students is reprinted in part below, but we encourage you to visit their site to read the piece in its entirety. A massive survey Sadaf Jaffer recently completed two terms in Montgomery Township,
Season 5 of The Voices of Young People Podcast features ten young people telling us, in their own words, about their experiences of faith, doubt, and uncertainty. Listen to the episodes at springtideresearch.org/podcast. In this season, we invited young people to tell us what “faith” means to them, including why or whether they would use that
A look at “faith unbundled” You’ve probably heard us talking about “Faith Unbundled” – it’s a central concept in our State of Religion & Young People 2021 report. But if you haven’t had a chance to read it yet (sign up to receive a free download of the report the
Springtide Research Institute was recently featured by EdSource. This article, Twenty years after 9/11, Muslim students still need our help is reprinted in part below, but we encourage you to visit their site to read the piece in its entirety. It’s been more than 20 years since the attacks on Sept.
How Springtide thinks about describing the inner life There’s a lot of jargon floating around when it comes to the inner lives of young people, especially as new expressions of spirituality and faith emerge. In the complexities of our data alone, we have to hold some of these tensions: Spiritual
Welcome to a sneak peek (!) of The State of Religion & Young People 2021: Navigating Uncertainty. This report will be available in print and as a digital download in mid-October, and you can be the first to see it by signing up. Here’s how it begins… Welcome! This is
Springtide Research Institute was recently featured by Relevant Magazine. This article, How Gen Z Will Shape the Church is reprinted in part below, but we encourage you to visit their site to read the piece in its entirety. From a purely mathematical standpoint, the Church has reason to be concerned about