Abstract
Back-Pocket God portrays the religious trajectories of 10-year participants in the National Study of Youth and Religion (NSYR), a longitudinal study that tracked change from adolescence to emerging adulthood. Denton and Flory draw on rich survey and interview data to weave a compellingly nuanced collection of storylines that showcase whether, how, and why religion matters in the lives of emerging adults. The book’s overarching thesis emphasizes the religious decline evident among young people, but maintains that a small contingent of religiously committed emerging adults appear to stay the course when it comes to faith. Religious decline notwithstanding, Denton and Flory reiterate a trend that surfaced in earlier analyses of NSYR data: changes over time, although not trivial, are small. Most emerging adults do not make dramatic shifts in their religious outlook and engagement as they move from adolescence to adulthood. In sum, patterns of decline and relative stability are hallmarks...
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