Sacred Choices: Adolescent Relationships and Sexual Ethics: The Reform Movement's Response to the Need for Faith-Based Sexuality Education

2011 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 20-31 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura Novak Winer
Keyword(s):  
Sexuality Education ◽  
Sexual Ethics ◽  
Adolescent Relationships ◽  
Faith Based

‘If You Cannot Control Yourself’

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anaïs Bertrand-Dansereau
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Young People ◽  
Hiv Prevention ◽  
Condom Use ◽  
Southern Africa ◽  
Sexuality Education ◽  
Health Messages ◽  
Aids Patients ◽  
Faith Based ◽  
Public Health Messages

In Malawi, as elsewhere in southern Africa, faith-based organisations (FBOs) have been integrated in the official response to HIV/AIDS. This new role, and the funding that accompanies it, has professionalised their traditional care activities around AIDS patients, widows and orphans, and it has also put them in charge of HIV prevention. As HIV preventers, they are asked to bridge epistemic differences between conflicting notions of sexuality and morality by reconciling public health messages, Christian teachings and local cosmologies. This becomes challenging when it comes to the question of sexuality education, specifically the promotion of abstinence, and condom use. Many FBO leaders’ response to this challenge is nuanced and defies stereotypes, as they try to balance their concern for young people, the demands of donors and the moral imperatives of their faith.

Citizenship Education and Faith Schools: What Should Children in Christian Schools Understand and Appreciate about a Liberal and Secular Society?

2005 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 35-45 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark A. Pike
Keyword(s):  
Citizenship Education ◽  
Christian Schools ◽  
Sexual Ethics ◽  
Contemporary Society ◽  
Faith Based ◽  
Secular Society ◽  
Faith And Learning ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Biblical Perspective ◽  
Faith Schools

THE DEBATE ABOUT the extent to which faith-based schooling prepares children for life in contemporary society has recently been reopened in the UK. This paper explores the issue and examines what children in Christian schools should learn about the liberal, plural and secularised society in which they live. It also considers, from a biblical perspective, why they should engage in such learning. What young people should understand and appreciate about sexual ethics, the place of rational autonomy as an educational aim, and the relation between faith and learning will be evaluated.

scholarly journals Sexual Ethics and Islam

2007 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
pp. 100-103
Author(s):  
Marion H. Katz
Keyword(s):  
English Language ◽  
Primary Objective ◽  
Sexual Ethics ◽  
American Muslims ◽  
Muslim Community ◽  
Minority Communities ◽  
Internal Dynamics ◽  
Faith Based ◽  
Islamic Thought ◽  
Muslim Majority

Kecia Ali’s Sexual Ethics and Islam is a fresh and incisive examination of avariety of issues related to marriage and sexuality. Its primary objective is to engage with the values and aspirations of contemporary American Muslims,although it should also find a broad non-Muslim audience in undergraduatecourses and among non-specialist readers. Throughout the book, Ali analyzesthe concerns of a Muslim community striving both to realize a visionof justice and equality informed by contemporary social realities as well asto cultivate a genuine and honest commitment to Islam’s teachings.Although she sometimes addresses the internal dynamics of the Muslimcommunity (both American and international) in ways that may resonatemost with a faith-based audience, non-Muslim readers and students will befascinated by the degree of Muslim social and theological diversity that shedescribes.Ali identifies strongly with “progressive” Muslims, although she doesnot hesitate to critique liberal and conservative orthodoxies. She engagesintensively with an emerging canon of English-language progressiveIslamic thought, frequently citing such authors as Amina Wadud, AsmaBarlas, Khaled Abou El Fadl, Omid Safi, and Farid Esack. One of the book’sstriking (and useful) aspects is that it does not assume that the Islamic “center”lies in the Muslim-majority countries of the Middle East or South andSoutheast Asia; it unapologetically (and accurately) assumes that theMuslims of North America and other minority communities can produceautonomous and valid developments in Islamic thought and practice.Although her sympathies clearly lie with, for instance, those who wouldseek to accommodate the religious and personal aspirations of Muslim homosexuals(chapter 5), she also displays an unsparing commitment to internalconsistency and intellectual rigor. She neither resorts to easy platitudesabout Islam’s egalitarianism and justice nor tolerates them in the argumentsof others ...

ReVisioning Sexuality: Relational Joy and Embodied Flourishing

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-19
Author(s):  
Kate Ott ◽  
Lorien Carter
Keyword(s):  
Sexuality Education ◽  
Youth Ministry ◽  
Major Aspect ◽  
Positive Dimension ◽  
Faith Based ◽  
Faith Leaders ◽  
Holistic Approaches ◽  
Teen Sexuality

Abstract Sexuality and relationships are a major aspect of teen development. Youth Ministry programs that embrace relational joy and embodied flourishing promote healthy, holistic sexuality for the teens they serve. Yet, many youth ministry programs treat sexuality as a risk (or sin) to be reduced or about which to remain completely silent. Sexuality is part of our created goodness that youth need help to understand and embrace. Faith leaders can influence how teens understand their sexuality and relationships, either as a positive dimension of joy and flourishing or as an inhibitor to health and thriving. In addition to this theological conversation, this article describes increased risks to adolescents who experience high levels of disapproval from families and faith leaders with regards to their sexuality and suggests specific ways to integrate healthy and holistic approaches to faith-based sexuality education that cultivates joy and flourishing related to teen sexuality and relationships.

scholarly journals “Such Conversations Are Not Done in the Families”: A Qualitative Study of the Determinants of Early Adolescents’ Access to Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights Information in Rwanda.

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Valens Mbarushimana ◽  
Daphney Nozizwe Conco ◽  
Susan Goldstein
Keyword(s):  
Reproductive Health ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Sexuality Education ◽  
Sexual And Reproductive Health ◽  
Early Adolescents ◽  
Public Institutions ◽  
Gender And Sexuality ◽  
Key Informants ◽  
Faith Based ◽  
Faith Based Organizations

Abstract Background Acces to sexual and reproductive health and rights information during adolescence is a basic human right. This study investigated the key informants’ perspectives on the benefits, sources of information, and the determinants (enablers and hindrances) of sexual and reproductive health and rights information among early adolescents in Rwanda. Methods a qualitative study using semi-structured interviews with purposively selected public and private key informants in Rwanda was conducted. Interview transcripts were imported in Nvivo 11 for thematic analysis. Results In total, sixteen interviews involving an equal number of male and female participants were conducted. Despite it being perceived as a taboo topic, participants acknowledged sexuality education as beneficial for early adolescents and confirmed that there are various channels for accessing gender and sexuality information. The school comprehensive sexuality education was depicted as a common source of information, while parents were not. Participants highlighted disparities in information access between rural and urban settings. Faith-based organizations and public institutions did not share the same perspective on the topics that should be covered in gender and sexuality education. Faith-Based Organizations focused on moral values of abstinence and virginity, while public institutions emphasized ways of having safe sex including the use of modern contraceptive methods. Participants noted the need to address the confusion about the concept of gender. Participants’ reflections on gender dynamics revealed that compared to girls, boys culturally override sexual health. Participants thought that access to gender and sexuality information by early adolescents depended on multiple factors at the individual (curiosity, age, behaviours), relationships (discussions with parents, peer sexual norms), community (the content of the curriculum, culture, religious beliefs), and societal (economic challenges, policy, and laws) levels. Conclusion Participants from various backgrounds acknowledged the benefits of sexuality education, as well as the various channels available to younger adolescents for accessing SRHR information, even though their perspectives on the content differed. The study’s multi-layered analysis revealed potential areas for improving early adolescents’ access to gender and SRHR information.

DASH Diet Takes on New Faith-Based Approach

2009 ◽  
Vol 40 (9) ◽  
pp. 37
Author(s):  
PATRICE WENDLING
Keyword(s):  
Dash Diet ◽  
Faith Based

The Relationship Between Suicidal Thinking and Dating Violence in a Sample of Adolescent Abortion Patients

Crisis ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 32 (5) ◽  
pp. 246-253 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gretchen E. Ely ◽  
William R. Nugent ◽  
Julie Cerel ◽  
Mholi Vimbba
Keyword(s):  
Unintended Pregnancy ◽  
Dating Violence ◽  
Young Women ◽  
Psychosocial Problems ◽  
The Other ◽  
Assessment Scale ◽  
Adolescent Dating Violence ◽  
Adolescent Relationships ◽  
Suicidal Thinking ◽  
The Relationship

Background: The relationship between suicidal thinking and adolescent dating violence has not been previously explored in a sample of adolescent abortion patients. Aims: This paper highlights a study where the relationship between dating violence and severity of suicidal thinking was examined in a sample of 120 young women ages 14–21 seeking to terminate an unintended pregnancy. Methods: The Multidimensional Adolescent Assessment Scale and the Conflict in Adolescent Relationships Scale was used to gather information about psychosocial problems and dating violence so that the relationship between the two problems could be examined, while controlling for the other psychosocial problems. Results: The results suggest that dating violence was related to severity of suicidal thinking, and that the magnitude of this relationship was moderated by the severity of problems with aggression. Conclusions: Specifically, as the severity of participant’s general problems with aggression increased, the magnitude of the relationship between dating violence and severity of suicidal thinking increased. Limitations of the study and implications for practice are discussed.

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