Young People and the Diversity of (Non)Religious Identities in International Perspective

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Arweck, Elisabeth (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Shipley, Heather (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: Boundaries of Religious Freedom: Regulating Religion in Diverse Societies,
• Subjects: Sex (Psychology).; Gender expression.; Childhood.; Adolescence.; Religion and sociology.; Culture.; Gender Studies.; Childhood, Adolescence and Society.; Religion and Society.; Sociology of Culture.

This volume brings together current research on young people, (non)religion, and diversity, documenting the forms young people's stances may take and the social or spatial contexts in which these may be formed. The social contexts studied include the family, school, and faith communities. The s...

Table of Contents:

• Preface - 1. Religious Belonging in Family, school and Ethnic Communities: Changes in Christian-Catholic Second Generations in Italy (Roberta Ricucci)
• 2. The 'Hidden Christians' of the UK University Campus (Mathew Guest)
• 3. A Cycle of Religious (Il)literacy Beginning with Students Today (Alice Chan)
• 4. Bridging into Adulthood: Continuity and Discontinuity in Religious Identity among Second Generation Canadians of Diverse Religious Backgrounds (Peter Beyer)
• 5. Christian Identities, Theologies of Religion, and Attitudes towards Religious Diversity: A Study among 13- to 15-year-old Students across the UK (Leslie Francis)
• 6. Civil Society Engagement and Identity Formation: Narrative Identities of Young Muslims Active in Voluntary Associations in Switzerland (Amir Sheikhzadegan)
• 7. Filipino Youth's Sacred Experiences (Jeane C. Peracullo)
• 8. Young Nones: The Lives of Young People of 'No Religion' (Simeon Wallis)
• 9. The Views and Attitudes of Religious and Non-Religious Young People: Findings from a Research Project in the UK (Elisabeth Arweck)
• 10. Portraits of the 'Shy Hope': A Phenomenological Perspective on Youth Spirituality in the Australian Context (Phil Daughtry)
• 11. The Making of a Gay Muslim in Malaysia and Britain (Shanon Shah Mohd Sidik)
• 12. Religious Orthodoxy and New Feminism among Pious Women: A Cross-Religious Reading between Muslim and Pentecostal Youth (Géraldine Mossière)
• 13. Religion of Young Women from Turkish Migrant Families in Germany (Kornelia Sammet)
• 14. Experiencing Religion and Sexual Diversity in Ontario's Schools (Heather Shipley)
• 15. The Religious Socialization of Young Muslims in Québec (Josiane LeGall).