This dissertation explores the role of the media in the religious identity-construction practices of U.S. teens. Using anthropological and narrative approaches, the proposed research aims to shed light on how young people of varying levels and types of religious commitment experience religion and spirituality, both within the context of their families and religious organizations and within the broader, public and mediated framework of a culture saturated with religion. The study explores the relationship between media choice and tolerance for multiculturalism and religious pluralism among young people, the role of the media in identity-construction practices which define the self as opposed to an “Other” (defined by religion, race, or other categories), and differences between this age cohort and that of their parents in the relationship between mediated resources and religious life. In exploring religious identity in the context of media practices and the tensions of religious pluralism and multiculturalism, the study contributes an important analysis of the lay spirituality among U.S. young people today, and provides insights into the direction and form of U.S. religion in the future.