In Memoriam: Dean Hoge

Last month, at age 71, the Catholic Church in the United States lost an important friend: sociologist Dean Hoge. Several years ago I had the privilege of working with Dean Hoge and two other scholars, Bill Dinges and Juan Gonzales, on a national study of Catholics in their 20’s and 30’s. The study was published in a book entitled Young Adult Catholics: Religion in the Culture of Choice.