The Development of State Religious Services Abroad

2018 ◽  
pp. 73-113
Author(s):  
Benjamin Bruce
Keyword(s):  
Religious Services

scholarly journals The Moderating Impact of Attending Services on the Effect of Older Adults’ Discrimination Experiences on Loneliness

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. 323-323
Author(s):  
Dahee Kim ◽  
Kyuho Lee
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Perceived Discrimination ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Religious Community ◽  
Religious Activities ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
Religious Behaviors ◽  
Religious Services ◽  
The Impact

Abstract Research has shown that perceived discriminations impact physical and mental health in later life. Discrimination experiences could make older adults consider themselves as a social misfit and decrease their social interactions, which finally increases their loneliness. Religious behaviors has been reported as a key factor of a lower sense of isolation. Considering that religious behaviors provide opportunities to engage in more extensive social networks and have supportive social ties with community members, attending religious services might decrease the impact of older adults’ perceived discrimination on loneliness. The current research aims to examine the moderating role of religious services attendance in the association between older adults’ perceived discrimination and loneliness. We used data of 4,488 adults aged 50 to 80 (M=66.27, SD=10.15) from the Health and Retirement Study (HRS) collected in 2012 and 2014. Linear regression analysis was performed to investigate whether older adults’ religious service attendance might decrease the impact of their perceived discriminations in daily life on the level of loneliness. The results indicated that more perceived discriminations older adults face on a daily basis were significantly associated with higher levels of loneliness. However, participants who frequently attended religious services showed a lower impact of perceived discriminations on their loneliness. These findings highlight the positive effects of engaging in religious activities on discriminated older adults’ social well-being. These findings also emphasize the role of the religious community as a social resource for socially marginalized older adults.

scholarly journals Theorizing Desecularization of the Military: The United States and Israel

2018 ◽  
Vol 46 (1) ◽  
pp. 92-115 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yagil Levy
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Religious Diversity ◽  
The United States ◽  
Military Chaplains ◽  
External Constraints ◽  
Religious Intolerance ◽  
Religious Services ◽  
Symbolic Value ◽  
The Military ◽  
Religious Actors

This article addresses scholarly deficiencies in identifying the conditions under which the desecularization of militaries takes place. To theorize this process, two militaries are studied, the United States and Israel. Arguably, six drivers sequentially generate the desecularization of the militaries: (1) Militaries largely mirror the growing influence of religion in the broader society. However, intramilitary drivers play their role in promoting/mitigating the extra-military mechanisms of desecularization. Thus, (2) organizational interests along with external constraints drive militaries to promote religious diversity, which may (3) lead to the empowerment of religious actors, and thereby to further desecularization through religious intolerance, and to (4) reliance on the spiritual and religious services provided by military chaplains, and jointly stimulate (5) the use of religion to motivate military sacrifice. By religiously increasing the symbolic value of military sacrifice, (6) religiosity becomes more naturally associated with good soldiering, thereby reshaping intramilitary hierarchies and, hence, further triggering desecularization.

Drop-in Chapel Attendance: An Informal Look

1994 ◽  
Vol 75 (3) ◽  
pp. 1193-1194
Author(s):  
John Trinkaus
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
The United States ◽  
The People ◽  
Religious Services ◽  
Religious Devotion

It is reported that about 40% of the people in the United States attend scheduled weekly religious services. An informal inquiry of attendance at other than scheduled services implies that religious devotion may well be lower than that percentage suggests.

Islam, the Homeland, and the Family: Diyanet’s Narrative and Practices Aimed at Shaping a Loyal Muslim Turkish Diaspora

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 121-138
Author(s):  
Chiara Maritato
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Religious Values ◽  
Main Program ◽  
National Discourse ◽  
The Family ◽  
Religious Services ◽  
Turkish Family ◽  
The Ideal

With the inclusion of women among the religious officers of the Presidency of Religious Affairs (Diyanet) who are serving abroad, the “ideal Turkish family” has become the main program underlying projects and activities oriented towards women, families, and young people. This international mission has led to an expansion of religious services and moral support in order to reinforce a religion–nation–family nexus within the diaspora. This article examines how the Diyanet officers reproduce the Islam–nation–family intersection as a discourse to be propagated to the diaspora, and whether this narrative reinforces Turkey’s attempts to create loyalty to Turkey within the diaspora. Based on ethnographic observations, an analysis of Diyanet official publications, and interviews with Diyanet officers at mosques in Vienna and Stockholm, this article shows the extent to which the Diyanet’s international mission is a catalyst for the dissemination of nationalist, moral, and religious values within the diaspora, how Diyanet officers are actively involved in fostering a religious-national discourse within diaspora communities and how they specifically reinforce the connection between Islam, the Turkish nation, and the traditional Turkish family.

Religion and Happiness

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Hout ◽  
Andrew Greeley
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Religious Affiliation ◽  
General Social Survey ◽  
The United States ◽  
Religious Groups ◽  
Social Survey ◽  
Religious Rituals ◽  
Religious Services ◽  
Using Data ◽  
International Social

This chapter discusses the link between happiness and religion. It draws on meaning-and-belonging theory to deduce that a religious affiliation heightens happiness through participation in collective religious rituals. Attendance and engagement appear key: a merely nominal religious affiliation makes people little happier. Notably, two religious foundations of happiness—affiliation with organized religious groups and attendance at services—have fallen. Softened religious engagement, then, may contribute to the slight downturn in general happiness. In fact, steady happiness is reported among those who participate frequently in religious services, but falling levels among those who are less involved. The chapter also considers the association between religion and happiness outside the United States using data from the International Social Survey Program, an international collaborative survey to which the General Social Survey contributes the American data.

Implications of Evolved Christianity for Liturgy, Worship, and Prayer

2020 ◽  
pp. 187-221
Keyword(s):  
First Century ◽  
Religious Services ◽  
Human Tendency

In the chapter, consideration is given to the question of how liturgies should evolve or change in light of the Evolved Christian paradigm presented in Chapters 2-4. A brief history showed that the Christian liturgy changed multiple times since the first century C.E., so there is no inherent prohibition against further changes deemed necessary. The fact that so few people attend religious services is also addressed from a motivational standpoint. Prior to presenting a proposed new format for Christian liturgies, consideration is given to how liturgies reflect the human tendency to embrace and express ritual. Finally, the proposed new liturgical format is proposed.

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