ABSTRACT
The chapter explores the relationship between young adults’ religious engagements and social media use in the context of Peru. Focusing on the impact of the present-day media sphere on established and received mechanisms of religious socialization, the chapter highlights how social media have come to play an increasingly important role in the forming of critical religious outlooks toward traditional religion among Peruvian young adults. It concentrates, in particular, on the effects of increasing individualization and a gradual transition from “narrow” to “broad” forms of socialization in Peru on the religious outlooks and identifications of younger age groups.
