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Resources on a Ministry to and the Spirituality of
Young Adults
This list was compiled Fr. Michael Sparough and Ms. Diane Fraser at Charis Ministry:

CATHOLIC YOUNG ADULT/POST-VATICAN GENERATION/
BABY BUSTER/GEN X SPIRITUALITY AND MINISTRY


George Barna, Baby Busters: The Disillusioned Generation. Chicago: Northfield
Publishing, 1994.

Tom Beaudoin, Virtual Faith: The Irreverent Spiritual Quest of Generation X. San
Francisco: Jossey-Bass, Inc. 1998.

John C. Cusick and Katherine F. DeVries, The Basic Guide to Young Adult Ministry.
Maryknoll, NY: Orbis, 2001.

William D’Antonio, James D. Davidson, Dean Hoge, Katherine Meyer, American
Catholics: Gender, Generation, and Commitment. Alta Mira Books, 2001.

James W. Fowler, Stages of Faith: The Psychology of Human Development and the
Quest for Meaning. New York: Harper Collins, 1981.

Dean Hoge, William Dinges, Mary Johnson, Juan L. Gonzales, Jr., Young Adult
Catholics: Religion in the Culture of Choice. Notre Dame, IN: University of Notre Dame, 2001.

Brett C. Hoover, Losing Your Religion, Finding Your Faith: Spirituality for Young
Adults. Mahwah, NJ: Paulist Press, 1998.

Brett C. Hoover, "Young Adult Ministry," Church 18:1 (Spring 2002): 48-53.

Jeremy Langford, God Moments: Why Faith Really Matters to A New Generation.
Maryknoll, NY: Orbis, 2001.

Robert Ludwig, Reconstructing Catholicism. New York: Crossroad, 1995.
Timothy Muldoon, "Why Young Adults Need Ignatian Spirituality." America 184:6
(February 26, 2001).

New Theology Review 11:1 (Feb 1998). Entire issue devoted to Young Adults in the
Church. Collegeville: The Liturgical Press. See especially James D. Davidson, "The Post Vatican II Generation of "Christian Catholics" and Allen M. Gustafson, "Generation X: Its Challenges and Possibilities."

Sharon Parks, The Critical Years: The Young Adult Search for a Faith to Live By. San
Francisco: Harper & Row, 1986.

United States Catholic Conference. Sons and Daughters of the Light: A Pastoral Plan
for Ministry with Young Adults. Washington, DC: United States Catholic Conference, 1996.