The Spirit of Generation Y

 Young People's Spirituality in a Changing Australia

 Research team:

Assoc. Prof. Michael Mason and Prof. Ruth Webber (ACU), Dr. Andrew Singleton (Monash), Dr. Philip Hughes (CRA)

Reports, Publications & Presentations
(underlined items can be downloaded)

Books

Mason, M, Singleton, A & Webber, R 2007,
The Spirit of Generation Y: Young People's Spirituality in a changing Australia,
Melbourne, John Garratt.
Click here to go to publisher's site to read further details or to order.

-Appendix I Technical Report on the survey
-Appendix II Demographic Characteristics of the Generation Y sample
-Appendix III Survey Questionnaire
-Media release at publication
- Summary of key findings

Hughes, P, 2007, Putting life together, Melbourne, CRA / Fairfield Press .

Reports

Transcript of radio interview with Rachel Kohn (The Spirit of Things)

Mason, M, Webber, R & Singleton, A 2005, 'Varieties of spirituality amongst Australian youth:a qualitative exploration [second progress report -- qualitative analysis of interviews]'.

Singleton, A, Mason, M & Webber, R 2004, 'The Spirit of Generation Y-- the spirituality of Australian youth and young people aged 13-29', [first progress report -- background to the project and five case studies from interviews].

Webber, R 2011, 'Volunteering among Australian adolescents: Findings from a national study', Youth Studies Australia, Vol 30,
 No. 1, pp. 9-16.

Mason, M, Singleton, A, & Webber, R 2010, 'Developments in spirituality among youth in Australia and other Western societies', pp. 89-114 in Annual Review of the Sociology of Religion, Vol I: Youth and Religion edited by Giuseppe Giordan, Leiden: Brill.

Mason, M, 2010, 'The spirituality of young Australians', pp. 55-62 in Religion and Youth edited by Sylvia Collins-Mayo and Pink Dandelion, Farnham UK: Ashgate.

Mason, M, Singleton, A & Webber, R 2007, 'The spirituality of young Australians', International Journal of Children's Spirituality, Vol. 12, No. 2, (August), pp. 149-163.

Hughes, P 2006, 'The religious and spiritual lives of teenagers' Pointers Vol. 16, no.1, (March), pp.1-6.

Singleton, A, Mason, M & Webber, R 2004, 'Spirituality in adolescence and young adulthood: a method for a qualitative study', International Journal of Children's Spirituality, Vol. 9, No. 3, (December), pp. 247-262.

Hughes, P 2004, 'The spirit of Generation Y: some initial impressions', Pointers Vol.14, no.2, (June), pp.1-5.

Bond, S 2004, 'Me, Me, Me ...Me Too', Pointers Vol. 14, no.1, (March), pp.1-6.

Society for the Scientific Study of Religion Annual Meeting, Portland, Oregon  USA, October, 2006, Session S4,
'Teenage Religion / Spirituality: International Comparisons', comprising:
Mason, M 'Teenage Religion and Spirituality: International Comparisons'
Singleton, A 'A Comparison of Religiously "Non-identifying" Australian and US Teens'
Webber, R 'A Comparison of Religion/Spirituality and Life Outcomes among Australian and US Teens'.

Society for the Scientific Study of Religion Annual Meeting, Rochester, NY USA, November, 2005, Session E12,
'New Approaches to Researching Spirituality: Methods and Findings', comprising:
Mason, M 'Varieties of Youth Spirituality'
Singleton, A 'Influences on Youth Spirituality'
Webber, R 'Social Consequences of Youth Spirituality'.

Mason, M 2004, 'Methods for exploring 'primordial' elements of youth spirituality', paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Association for the Sociology of Religion, San Francisco, August.

Webber, R & Singleton, A 2004, 'Spirit of Generation Y', Spirituality in the Pub Seminar Series, August.

 

 

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