Conscience First, Tradition Second: A Study of Young American Catholics

by Patrick H. McNamara

Book Overview

For this study of American religion, the author surveyed over 2000 Catholic high school seniors during a fourteen-year period, exploring changes in religiosity and attitudes toward the recent teachings of the Church. Fifty-four of these people were resurveyed eight and nine years after graduation, probing whether and in what direction their viewpoints had shifted.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0791408140
• ISBN13: 9780791408148
• Release Date: February 1992
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Length: 221 Pages