The empirical, mixed-methods doctoral study that follows set out to explore contemporary perceptions of religion and spirituality from the perspective of a sample of young people living in Ireland. Conducted in the discipline of Practical Theology, and combining social science insights and methods, it explored an apparent epochal and dramatic cultural turn away from organised, institutional religion, and the loosening of the once tight normative link to Catholicism, traditionally the hallmark of Irish ethno-identity. It explored whether new forms of spirituality are replacing religious practices with a precise focus on those who selfidentify as Spiritual but not Religious. Underpinned by the ethics of Emmanuel Levinas and using Gadamerian hermeneutics as its theoretical framework, I conducted the study in two phases. Phase 1 involved the distribution of a Google Forms questionnaire to a random sample of the demographic of interest which yielded (n=178) responses. Phase 2 involved the conduct of interviews (N=22) with a separate volunteer sample mainly in two Irish universities and some border regions. Data elicited suggest a wide spectrum of religious and non-religious worldviews. While qualitative data affirmed the drift from organised religion evident in my survey data, they suggested that irreligion is not a tidal wave, with some young people reconnecting to organised religion and faith practices following a period of either agnosticism or atheism in their mid-teens. Data suggest that young people living in Ireland think deeply about spirituality as a concept that transcends traditional religious boundaries. These data suggest that a sense of moral good is associated with young peoples’ sense of spirituality.