The purpose of this dissertation is to employ an oral-history approach to describe and analyze the religiosity of fifty Czech-American elderly in Iowa. This dissertation has four major parts. The first part is devoted to a current assessment of religiosity research. In this part, an argument is made for the usefulness of oral history research in the study of the religiosity of Czech-American elderly;The second part is devoted to a description and interpretation of the religiosity of fifty Czech-American elderly;The third and fourth parts are devoted to studying the heritage of these people in order to more fully understand the religiosity of these senior citizens.