Robert P. Jones

In The Next Mormons, Robert P. Jones is cited in his capacity as CEO of PRRI (the Public Religion Research Institute) for an observation about generational attitudes toward religion and sexuality: “Young adults are generally uncomfortable with politicized religion, and for them, same-sex marriage is not a moral battleground but simply a feature of everyday life.” The book uses his framing to contextualize why younger Mormons and other young adults are pulling away from a religion fused with conservative politics.

Context: Robert P. Jones is an American author and pollster who founded the Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI). He is known for books on American religion and identity, including The End of White Christian America and White Too Long.

Where this appears

• The Next Mormons — quoted as PRRI CEO on young adults’ discomfort with politicized religion and their normalization of same-sex marriage.