Includes bibliographical references (p. 259-273) and index.

The vibrancy of American religion -- Meet the parents : the family context shaping religious socialization in the 1930s and 1940s -- Adolescent religion in the 1930s and 1940s -- The imprint of individual autonomy on everyday religion in the 1950s -- The ebb and flow of religiousness across the life course -- Individual transformation in religious commitment and meaning -- Spiritual seeking -- The activities, personality, and social attitudes of religious and spiritual individuals in late adulthood -- Spiritual seeking, therapeutic culture, and concern for others -- The buffering role of religion in late adulthood -- American lived religion -- Methodological appendix : measuring religiousness and spiritual seeking in the IHD longitudinal study.

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