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| Third wave of the National study of Religion and Youth administered through the Center for the Study of Religion at the University of Notre Dame in January 2007. | |||||
The National Study of Youth and Religion (NSYR) is a research project directed by Christian Smith, Professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Notre Dame and Lisa Pearce, Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Spanning from 2001-2010 the NYSR is the largest and most comprehensive study of religion and teens in the United States. Data from this study has influenced a number of different, articles, books projects such as Soul Searching: The Religious and spiritual lives of teenagers. Link Enclosed is the purpose of NYSR from their website… The purpose of the NSYR is to research the shape and influence of religion and spirituality in the lives of American youth; to identify effective practices in the religious, moral, and social formation of the lives of youth; to describe the extent and perceived effectiveness of the programs and opportunities that religious communities are offering to their youth; and to foster an informed national discussion about the influence of religion in youth's lives, in order to encourage sustained reflection about and rethinking of our cultural and institutional practices with regard to youth and religion. (youthandreligion.org).
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