Introducing . . . Springtide Playlists!

Springtide is excited to announce a brand-new resource straight from the minds of our two summer editorial interns, Lucy Cobble and Arsema Belai. Together, they came up with the idea to curate playlists to correspond to the themes of our reports, with recommendations for music that suits certain moods. They

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In the News: The Imperative to Support Muslim Students

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,

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Season 5 Coming October 21st: Navigating Uncertainty

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

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Spotify as a Religious Metaphor? (Yes, go with it)

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

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How to Stay Connected Overseas

A poem from former Springtide intern, Norhan When I was 9, I told Baba I figured it out: “I know how to stay in touch with you when you’re in America without you spending any money!” His look of curiosity encouraged his words to escape his lips: “Keef?” How? My small

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Spiritual? Religious? Nothing in Particular?

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

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A Sneak Peek of Our Next Report . . .

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

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In the News: How Gen Z Will Shape the Church

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

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