Young adults today are less church-connected than prior generations were when they were in their 20s. But a new study finds they’re just about as spiritual as their parents and grandparents were at those ages.
Members of today’s Millennial generation, ages 18 to 29, are as likely to pray and believe in God as their elders were when they were young, says the report from Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life.
“They may be less religious, but they’re not necessarily more secular” than the Generation Xers or Baby Boomers who preceded them, says Alan Cooperman, associate director of research.
The study, “Religion in the Millennial Generation,” draws primarily on data from the 2008 Pew Religious Landscape Survey of 35,000 people and on the General Social Survey by the National Opinion Research Center at the University of Chicago, which has measured aspects of religious affiliation and religiosity for decades.
I am sick and tired of the way “spiritual” is thrown around. That can mean anything from Christian spirituality to Wiccan. I suppose you could even have secular spirituality. Just because it’s spiritual does not mean it’s Christian. It certainly does not mean it is desirable.
#1 Amen. Being “spiritual,” avails you nothing unless you are a Christian. Remember that there are evil spirits as well as good. We do battle not with flesh and blood. “Spirituality” divorced from Christianity is a best hollow, and at worst, demonic.