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New research shows Australian teens have complex views on religion and spirituality

  • Written by Andrew Singleton, Associate Professor of Sociology and Social Research, Deakin University
New research shows Australian teens have complex views on religion and spiritualityResearchers have identified six broad groups of young people categorised by their views on religion and spirituality.Shutterstock

The 2016 Census suggested about a third of Australian teens had no religion. But ask a teenager themselves about religion, rather than the parent or guardian filling in the census form, and the picture is slightly...