Poster Title

Defining God: Former-Catholic Young Adults Describe Their Relationship with God and Religious Identity

Author(s)

Kelly Velazquez, DePaul UniversityFollow
Jakob Carballo, DePaul University
Danielle Vaclavik, M.A., DePaul University

Faculty Sponsor, if applicable

Molly Brown

Project Abstract

- Fifty percent of Catholic-raised individuals under the age of 30 identify as Former-Catholics (Manhlos-Weber & Smith, 2018).
- Of this group of Former-Catholics, 57.3% still believe in a higher power and 81% still pray occasionally (Manhlos-Weber & Smith, 2018).
- Therefore, understanding how Former-Catholics define and interact with their higher power is a question worth exploring.

Type of Research

Undergraduate Student - Independent Study

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Presentation Year

May 2018