Epilogue

2021 ◽  
pp. 341-346
Author(s):  
Jan E. Stets ◽  
James L. Heft
Keyword(s):  
Religious Affiliation ◽  
Religious Organizations ◽  
Negative News ◽  
American Society ◽  
Alternative Solutions

The epilogue reviews a question that the editors of this book asked the contributors to consider: is the trend in religious non-affiliation in American society a signal of something positive, something negative, or a combination of both positive and negative news? The contributors’ views are briefly discussed, followed by the editors’ own response to this question. While the editors recognize the nuances associated with both affiliated and non-affiliated identities, the problems that afflict many religious organizations, and alternative solutions to non-affiliation such as religious cosmopolitanism or new forms of spiritual refuge, they think that what religious affiliation offers outweighs what undermines it.

scholarly journals Interest of Moscow Youth in Non-Traditional Religions, Eastern Religions and Esoteric Teachings

2021 ◽  
pp. 89-104
Author(s):  
Х.В. Дзуцев ◽  
◽  
А.П. Дибирова ◽  
Н.В. Корниенко ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Religious Affiliation ◽  
Federal District ◽  
Religious Organizations ◽  
Public Confidence ◽  
Religious Institutions ◽  
North Caucasus ◽  
Traditional Religions ◽  
The North ◽  
Level Of Confidence ◽  
Informal Leaders

This article presents the results of a study of the level of confidence of the population of the NCFD in the demonstration of their religious feelings by officials and their interaction with religious institutions. It also examines the degree of public confidence in informal leaders in their desire to demonstrate their commitment to religion with the help of ethno-religious instruments of influence on the North Caucasian society. The results of the analysis show that the level of trust of the residents of the North Caucasus Federal District to such manifestations by officials and informal leaders is low. The vast majority of the popu- 90 lation does not believe in the sincerity of these manifestations. At the same time, the respondents showed more unanimity in the negative answers than in the positive ones. There was no correlation between the respondents ' religious affiliation and their level of trust in politicians and informal leaders. In their assessments, respondents chose less categorical answers ("rather, I agree", "rather, I disagree"). Experts also more often said that the population of their republics is suspicious of the demonstrative display of religiosity by officials, and of the attempts of leaders of informal religious organizations to influence the population by using an ethno-religious tool.

“So, Are You Hindi?”

2019 ◽  
pp. 373-391
Author(s):  
M. Gail Hickey
Keyword(s):  
South Asian ◽  
Skin Color ◽  
Religious Affiliation ◽  
South Asians ◽  
The United States ◽  
Geographic Region ◽  
South Asian Immigrants ◽  
English Speaking ◽  
American Society ◽  
Migration Experiences

Immigrant children and adolescents living in the United States encounter significant stressors during the acculturation process, particularly in the schooling context. South Asian immigrants identify strongly with religious and geographic region background. This chapter investigates intersections between religion and education in U.S. South Asians' post-migration experiences in the American Midwest. Findings suggest South Asian children enrolled in U.S. schools are confronted daily by the duality between their parents' birth culture and mainstream values and traditions of the host culture. Participants and their families experience prejudice and racism in daily activities, including school. Prejudice ranges from judgments about English-speaking ability to doubts about the South Asian education system to prepare workers for U.S. jobs. Findings show religious affiliation, accent, skin color, and ethnic dress create barriers for South Asians trying to fit into everyday American society.

Religion

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heather A. Haveman
Keyword(s):  
Community Building ◽  
The Other ◽  
Religious Organizations ◽  
American Religion ◽  
Magazine Industry ◽  
American Society ◽  
The One ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
American Churches

This chapter examines the interplay between magazines and religion, with emphasis on how the growing number and variety of magazines supported and channeled community building in America—including the translocal communities that were a big part of the modernization of American society. It first considers how American religion evolved during the period 1740–1860, citing in particular the rise of national religious organizations. It then explores the relationship between religious events and institutions, on the one hand, and religious magazines on the other. It also describes the fragmentation of American churches in disputes over theology and politics and concludes by explaining how the proliferation of religious magazines affected the rest of the magazine industry.

INDONESIAN CONSTITUTIONAL COURT’S DECISION NO. 97/PUU-XIV/2016: A CHANCE TO ENCOURAGE RECONCILIATION BETWEEN “AGAMA” AND “KEPERCAYAAN”

2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Asep Sandi Ruswanda
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Judicial Review ◽  
Religious Affiliation ◽  
Social Stigma ◽  
Religious Organizations ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Online Media ◽  
Constitutional Court

AbstractThis paper discussed the Constitutional Court’s decision in  2017 as a chance to encourage reconciliation of “agama” and “kepercayaan.” This paper collects responses from religious organizations through statements on the internet such as online media, the organization’s official website, or even official social media. The data is then classified based on religious affiliation and their attitude towards the Constitutional Court’s decision in 2017. On 7 November 2017, the Constitutional Court granted a judicial review of Law No. 23/2006 amended by Law No. 24 of 2013 concerning Civic Administration (UU Adminduk). This law is very significant for the group of “kepercayaan.” However, the group of “agama” has not yet fully accepted the group of “kepercayaan.” So, there needs to be reconciliation between groups of “agama” and “kepercayaan” after the decision of the Constitutional Court in 2017. By looking at the importance of the decision, it is also truly an opportunity to stop discrimination and social stigma against followers of “kepercayaan.” This paper concluded that the decision of the Constitutional Court in 2017 was an opportunity to encourage reconciliation between “agama” and “kepercayaan.”Keywords: Constitutional Court’s decision, agama, kepercayaan, reconciliation

The Catholic Church and Mexican American Social Mobility in the Postwar Midwest: Evidence from Life and Family Histories

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 32-48
Author(s):  
Bienvenido Ruiz ◽  
Ramon S. Guerra ◽  
Arlett S. Lomeli ◽  
Rolando R. Longoria ◽  
Billy James Ulibarrí
Keyword(s):  
Social Mobility ◽  
Catholic Church ◽  
Mexican Americans ◽  
Mexican American ◽  
Mexican Immigrants ◽  
Religious Affiliation ◽  
Family Histories ◽  
American Society ◽  
American Catholic ◽  
Human And Social Capital

Religious affiliation has long been recognized as a relevant factor among the variables that intervene in the integration of immigrants to American society. While previous generations of many predominantly Roman Catholic ethnic groups are thought to have been helped along their way to assimilation by strong institutional support from American Catholic church institutions, Latinos, and in particular Mexican Americans, are considered an exception. This study examines the role that inclusion in Catholic institutions played in the social mobility experienced by multigenerational families of Mexican immigrant origin in the Midwest during the decades between 1945 and 1975. The analysis of life and family histories collected from in-depth interviews with older second- and third-generation Mexican Americans illustrates how integration into urban Catholic institutions and communities was instrumental in the upward social mobility observed in many of their family trajectories during the postwar decades. In particular, access to parochial schools and other institutions in the Catholic educational system once provided the children and grandchildren of Mexican immigrants the forms of human and social capital that allowed many in that generation to attain social mobility.

“So, Are You Hindi?”

2018 ◽  
pp. 89-109
Author(s):  
M. Gail Hickey
Keyword(s):  
South Asian ◽  
Skin Color ◽  
Religious Affiliation ◽  
South Asians ◽  
The United States ◽  
Geographic Region ◽  
South Asian Immigrants ◽  
English Speaking ◽  
American Society ◽  
Migration Experiences

Immigrant children and adolescents living in the United States encounter significant stressors during the acculturation process, particularly in the schooling context. South Asian immigrants identify strongly with religious and geographic region background. This chapter investigates intersections between religion and education in U.S. South Asians' post-migration experiences in the American Midwest. Findings suggest South Asian children enrolled in U.S. schools are confronted daily by the duality between their parents' birth culture and mainstream values and traditions of the host culture. Participants and their families experience prejudice and racism in daily activities, including school. Prejudice ranges from judgments about English-speaking ability to doubts about the South Asian education system to prepare workers for U.S. jobs. Findings show religious affiliation, accent, skin color, and ethnic dress create barriers for South Asians trying to fit into everyday American society.

Religious Regulation in Brazil

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Claudia Cerqueira ◽  
Guadalupe Tuñón
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Religious Affiliation ◽  
Religious Organizations ◽  
Church Members ◽  
Religious Groups ◽  
Government Regulations ◽  
The Past ◽  
Religious Competition ◽  
Number Of Individuals ◽  
Religious Landscape

During the past three decades, the tide in religious affiliation has rapidly shifted in Latin America. The predominance of Catholicism in the region has been challenged by the expansion of Evangelicalism and the number of individuals with no religious affiliation. Changes in Brazil’s religious landscape are explained in part by the opportunities and restrictions that government regulations place on religious organizations. Regulation shapes religious competition by changing the incentives and opportunities for religious producers (churches, preachers, revivalists, etc.) and the viable options available to religious consumers (church members). Importantly, as our description of Brazilian regulations shows, the incentives defined by regulation affect religious denominations differently, creating winners and losers. Moreover, established religious groups are often able to reshape religious regulation, reinforcing the degree to which it favors them.

‘So, Are You Hindi?'

2021 ◽  
pp. 58-83
Author(s):  
M. Gail Hickey
Keyword(s):  
South Asian ◽  
Skin Color ◽  
Religious Affiliation ◽  
South Asians ◽  
The United States ◽  
Geographic Region ◽  
School Activities ◽  
American Society ◽  
American Physical ◽  
Physical Features

Immigrant children and adolescents living in the United States encounter significant stressors during the acculturation process, particularly in schools. South Asian immigrants tend to identify strongly with religious and geographic region background. This study investigates intersections between religion and education in U.S. South Asians' post-migration experiences in the American Midwest. Findings suggest South Asian children in U.S. schools are confronted daily by the duality between their parents' birth culture and mainstream values and traditions of the host culture. Participants and their families experience prejudice, discrimination, and racism as they engage in daily social, work, and school activities. Reported incidents of prejudice range from judgments about English-speaking ability to doubts about the South Asian education system to prepare workers for U.S. jobs. Findings show religious affiliation, foreign accent, skin color, ethnic dress, and non-Euro-American physical features create barriers for South Asians trying to fit into everyday American society.

Empty Churches

2021 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Developmental Psychology ◽  
Religious Affiliation ◽  
Academic Disciplines ◽  
Religious Institutions ◽  
Social Phenomena ◽  
Long Term Stability ◽  
Common Term ◽  
American Society ◽  
Opening And Closing ◽  
Number Of Individuals

Born out of the view that social phenomena are best studied through the lens of different disciplinary perspectives, this book brings together leading scholars in the fields of sociology, developmental psychology, gerontology, political science, history, philosophy, and theology to study the growing number of individuals who no longer affiliate with a religion tradition. The scholars not only explore this phenomenon from their respective academic disciplines, but they also turn to one another’s work to understand better the multifaceted nature of non-affiliation today. The data gathered shows that it is best not to use the common term nones to describe non-affiliates, because many of them still believe, though they may not belong. The scholars explore the complex impact that non-affiliation has on individuals and the wider society and what the future looks like for religion in America. Later in the book, there are insightful perspectives from professionals in the field who address how we might address non-affiliation, particularly among young adults. In general, this book provides a rich and thoughtful analysis of non-affiliation in American society from multiple scholarly perspectives. The increasing upward trend in non-affiliation threatens the vitality and long-term stability of religious institutions. Both the opening and closing pages of the book remind the reader that at the heart of religious affiliation is commitment and community, which may be the essence of maintaining these religious institutions.

scholarly journals Kontrowersje wokół armeńskiej ustawy o wolności sumienia i organizacjach religijnych

2021 ◽  
Vol 74 (4) ◽  
pp. 229-260
Author(s):  
Renata Król-Mazur
Keyword(s):  
Detailed Analysis ◽  
Religious Freedom ◽  
Religious Affiliation ◽  
International Standards ◽  
Religious Organizations ◽  
Freedom Of Conscience ◽  
Close Link ◽  
The Republic ◽  
The Right ◽  
Apostolic Church

The article discusses the basic legal act on the right to religious freedom The Law of the Republic of Armenia on the Freedom of Conscience and on Religious Organizations, which was enacted in Armenia in the early 1990s and which, in a slightly modified version, is still in force today. In Armenia, the close link between ethnicity and religious affiliation (Armenian Apostolic Church) makes it difficult to adopt legal solutions that would guarantee the full realization of the right to religious freedom. The Armenian Apostolic Church considers religious freedom as an anti-national provision, and therefore qualifies all other religious organizations as "sects" and anti-national structures. The article provides a detailed analysis of the Religious Denominations Act, indicates which of its provisions are most controversial and shows how the adopted legal solutions differ from the international standards.

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