Zoomers as Contemporary Adherents:  Faith Expressions of Filipino Catholic Gen Zs

Marc Lorenz Rivera

doi:10.63130/hijcre.v2i2.187

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Marc Lorenz Rivera Holy Angel University, Pampanga, Philippines https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1555-6349

Keywords:

Faith Expression, Gen Z, Religious Life, spirituality, Young Filipinos

Abstract

In the past decade, contentions and critiques about young people’s religious life and faith formation have burgeoned in religious scholarship. The objective of this research is to explore the lived experiences of Filipino Gen Z as contemporary adherents of the Catholic religion, particularly how they express their faith. A total of 357 individuals participated in the quantitative survey, and four participants proceeded to the interview for the qualitative phase. By employing explanatory sequential mixed methods, three key findings were drawn from both quantitative and qualitative data: (1) faith expression remains performative; (2) faith expression is rooted in the family; and (3) faith expression is reflecting on life’s meaning and doing good. This study concludes that young people remain faithful adherents, but they have diverse ways in expressing their faith, which are secular and/or supplemental to the doctrinal practices of the church. Further studies should explore how non-Catholic youth and those with low engagement in religious practices express their faith.

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