Gen Z
‘Duck Dynasty’-backed Gen Z Jesus musical ‘His Story’ to debut in Texas
By Kathryn Post — April 21, 2023
(RNS) — Written by then-16-year-old homeschooler Anna Miriam Brown, the show is coming to the stage thanks to Broadway vets and evangelical celebrities.
Young people flourish where faith leaders see color
By Nabil Tueme — March 13, 2023
(RNS) — If you ask young people to leave race at home, you might as well tell them to stay home, too.
For Gen Z, crystals embed spirituality in the planet
By Kevin Singer — January 23, 2023
(RNS) — They often seem to occupy a place once held by traditional religious beliefs.
Anime is packed with spirituality and gaining popularity among Gen Z
By Josh Packard and Kaitlyn Ugoretz — October 31, 2022
(RNS) — Anime, filled with Japanese spirituality, is part of a massive boom in the popularity of East Asian media.
Study: Religion and spirituality can aid youth mental health crisis
By Kathryn Post — October 19, 2022
(RNS) — Religion and spirituality could help remedy the youth mental health crisis, Springtide Research finds.
How are Gen Z Mormons doing with mental health?
By Jana Riess — September 26, 2022
(RNS) — Young Latter-day Saints who struggle with mental health say they depend on strong support from outside their homes.
In faith communities, Gen Z minorities struggle to find belonging
By Josh Packard and Hannah Turner — September 20, 2022
(RNS) — Young BIPOC enter faith communities with certain hopes and expectations for how these communities will support congregants of color.
Gen Z mixes abortion politics — like all their politics — with spirituality
By Josh Packard — July 15, 2022
(RNS) — College-age Americans resist fixed definitions for what it means to be religious.
Campus ministries, counselors join to tackle mental health
By Giovanna Dell’Orto and Kathryn Post — June 1, 2022
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP/RNS) — On Ivy League campuses, large public institutions and faith-based colleges, chaplains and psychologists are teaming up.
How America’s youth lost its religion in 1990s
By Ryan Burge — April 13, 2022
(RNS) — We are living in the aftermath of one of the most dramatic demographic shifts in American history.
Young Black Catholics are still here and flourishing more than their peers
By Josh Packard and Byron Wratee — April 1, 2022
(RNS) — A new study found Gen Z Black Catholics are more traditionally religious than their Catholic peers of other racial groups.
There is hope for youth ministries, but they must innovate to survive
By Josh Packard and Abigail Rusert — February 28, 2022
(RNS) — Gen Z is no longer engaging with religious institutions in prototypical ways, though majorities say they’re religious or spiritual.
Gen Z is looking for meaning this holiday season, but maybe not where we expect
By Josh Packard — December 10, 2021
(RNS) — Three ways to spend quality time with young people at this time of year.
New teen Bible story book tells the old, old story in a new way
By Kathryn Post — November 10, 2021
(RNS) — The Bible: Enter Here uses irreverent humor to reimagine Bible stories for teens.
Young people make their mark at Religions for Peace conference
By Eric J. Lyman — October 7, 2021
(RNS) — Nearly a quarter of those who came to this year’s conference, held in Lindau, Germany, were age 35 or younger.
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