scholarly journals Students’ Perceptions of Religious Beliefs as Gained from Jordanian Universities Religious Educational Courses

2013 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 497
Author(s):  
Mahir S. Al-Hawamleh
Keyword(s):  
Religious Education ◽  
Religious Beliefs ◽  
Religious Affiliation ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Making Meaning ◽  
Random Design ◽  
Religious Attitudes ◽  
University Courses ◽  
Education Courses ◽  
Mu'tah University

The present study looked at the educational religious beliefs as gained from university courses using a self-reported questionnaire as well as semi-structured interviews. 591 students chosen through stratified random design responded to the questionnaire. 64 students from the study's sample were interviewed. The current study presented evidence to support the identification and comparison of the educational religious perceptions held by the two sets of students from Mu'tah University and Al al-Bayt University. The analysis concluded that religious education courses influenced deeply and with varying degrees students’ perceptions of religious affiliation to a large extent at Al-al Bayt University; nevertheless, it was not the case at Mu'tah. Moreover, the study reported students’ perceptions on religious awareness and religious attitudes as weak. That is, the actualization of making meaning and transferring what they believe into what they act and what they do was relatively unattainable. The study suggested the need for more courses. Hence, the study believed that universities should form the cement holding of society's religiosity together. 

Religious stereotypes in labour relations

2021 ◽  
pp. 739-747
Author(s):  
Irina Vladimirovna Pogodina ◽  
Olga Sergeevna Kulakova
Keyword(s):  
Human Behavior ◽  
Religious Beliefs ◽  
Labor Relations ◽  
Religious Affiliation ◽  
Freedom Of Conscience ◽  
English Version ◽  
Labour Relations ◽  
Religious Attitudes ◽  
The Right ◽  
Religious Stereotypes

Religious attitudes have an impact on labor relations. The spiritual convictions of believers can limit human behavior to some extent. Compliance with the principle of freedom of conscience and religion predetermines the need to take into account the religious beliefs of people involved in labor relations. In this regard, the article examines the influence of religious beliefs on the labor activity of a person living in a secular state. The authors discuss the issue of discrimination against workers on religious grounds, as well as the need to provide workers with the right to express their religious affiliation while participating in labor activities. English version of the article is available at URL: https://panor.ru/articles/religious-stereotypes-in-labour-relations/74961.html

The Influence of the Established Links between University Courses on the Quality of Teaching

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 35-48
Author(s):  
Jiří Rybička ◽  
Petra Čačková
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Empirical Study ◽  
The Other ◽  
Coherent System ◽  
University Courses ◽  
Quality Of Teaching ◽  
Education Courses ◽  
Initial Knowledge

One of the tools to determine the recommended order of the courses to be taught is to set the prerequisites, that is, the conditions that have to be fulfilled before commencing the study of the course. The recommended sequence of courses is to follow logical links between their logical units, as the basic aim is to provide students with a coherent system according to the Comenius' principle of continuity. Declared continuity may, on the other hand, create organizational complications when passing through the study, as failure to complete one course may result in a whole sequence of forced deviations from the recommended curriculum and ultimately in the extension of the study period. This empirical study deals with the quantitative evaluation of the influence of the level of initial knowledge given by the previous study on the overall results in a certain follow-up course. In this evaluation, data were obtained that may slightly change the approach to determining prerequisites for higher education courses.

Religious Affiliation, Church Attendance, Religious Education and Student Attitudes toward Race

1969 ◽  
Vol 30 (4) ◽  
pp. 235 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kenneth E. Burnham ◽  
John F. Connors ◽  
Richard C. Leonard
Keyword(s):  
Religious Education ◽  
Student Attitudes ◽  
Church Attendance ◽  
Religious Affiliation

Theology Mediating Social Capital: Ordinary Theology, Motivation and Relationships

2017 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
pp. 87-103
Author(s):  
Michael Smith
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Religious Education ◽  
Religious Affiliation ◽  
Ethnographic Study ◽  
Community Life ◽  
Bridging Social Capital ◽  
Faith Based ◽  
Significant Relationships ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Significant Attention

The concept of social capital and its use as a sociological tool has received considerable attention and continues to provide insights into various aspects of community life. Social capital offers a means to study beneficial and detrimental aspects of relationships away from economic or rationalist reduction. Although social capital and religious affiliation has seen significant attention in the literature, there has been little research into the relationship between theology and social capital. In this article, theology and social capital is explored through a qualitative ethnographic study of an Australian faith-based organisation. It is argued that ordinary theology, defined as the beliefs found in the language of believers without scholarly religious education (Astley 2002) mediates social capital. The ordinary theology of the volunteers, which I callaction-driven theologywas found to mediate bridging social capital with refugees through developing theologically significant relationships.

Parents’ Expectations of Religious Congregations

2021 ◽  
pp. 191-216
Author(s):  
Christian Smith ◽  
Amy Adamczyk
Keyword(s):  
Religious Education ◽  
Religious Belief ◽  
Religious Beliefs ◽  
Religious Faith ◽  
Church Leaders ◽  
Practical Reasons ◽  
Religious Development ◽  
Religious Congregations ◽  
Cultural Traditions ◽  
Youth Ministers

Church leaders, youth ministers, and volunteers are likely curious about the extent to which parents find congregations useful in transmitting religious beliefs and behaviors. This chapter explores how parents use religious congregations to transmit religious belief. The chapter discusses why parents tend to feel that they, rather than their congregations, are primarily responsible for passing on religious faith. Many parents select their congregations for fairly practical reasons, they have a lot of confidence in their own understanding of religion, and they want to be involved in all aspects of their child’s life, including religious development. This chapter also unpacks what parents see as the most valuable contributions that congregations provide for their children. These include the congregation’s role in providing religious education, making religion fun for their children, and transmitting cultural traditions.

On the Politics of Self-spirituality

2018 ◽  
Vol 47 (3) ◽  
pp. 345-372 ◽  
Author(s):  
Galen Watts
Keyword(s):  
Religious Affiliation ◽  
Charles Taylor ◽  
Cultural Development ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Late Capitalism ◽  
Quarter Century ◽  
Modern Culture ◽  
North Americans ◽  
Spiritual But Not Religious ◽  
Individualistic Culture

In the last quarter century, a steadily increasing number of North Americans, when asked their religious affiliation, have self-identified as “spiritual but not religious” (SBNR). Charles Taylor argues that the popularity of “spirituality” is the result of the “massive subjective turn of modern culture”; while Paul Heelas has deemed this new religious form, “self-spirituality.” Many scholars have taken a critical stance toward this recent cultural development, positing that self-spirituality is a byproduct of the self-obsessed and individualistic culture which saturates the West, or that spirituality, at its worst, is simply a rebranding of religion in order to support consumer culture and the ideology of late capitalism. In this article, I seek to problematize these accounts. Drawing from qualitative data collected from semi-structured interviews with Canadian millennials who self-identify as SBNR, I will argue that self-spirituality is less individualistic and narcissistic than these scholars assert, its relationship to late capitalism is better understood as ambivalent, rather than congenial, and due to their methodological prejudices these critiques of self-spirituality are inadequate to analyse and understand the politics of self-spirituality.

scholarly journals Religious Perceptions and the Use of Technology: Profiling the Future Teachers of Religious Education

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 23-42
Author(s):  
Polikarpos Karamouzis ◽  
Emmanuel Fokides
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Data Analysis ◽  
Primary School ◽  
Religious Education ◽  
Religious Beliefs ◽  
Positive Attitude ◽  
School Level ◽  
Educational Context ◽  
High School Level ◽  
Use Of Technology

This study analyzes the profile of Greek university students who will be teaching courses related to religion when they become practitioners at primary school and high school level, in relation to their views on technology. For this purpose, four factors were examined: religious beliefs, use of technology, attitude towards technology, and their views regarding the use of technology for the dissemination of religious beliefs. The sample comprised of 570 students studying at Departments of Theology and Primary School Education at Greek universities. The data analysis revealed that participants, in general, are not highly religious. Both believers and non-believers seem to have a positive attitude towards technology, which they are willing to use in an educational context. Furthermore, they do not believe that religion and technology contradict each other. The implications of the findings are also discussed.

scholarly journals A critical investigation of the relationship between masculinity, social justice, religious education and the neo-liberal discourse

2014 ◽  
Vol 56 (7) ◽  
pp. 650-662 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francis Farrell
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Religious Education ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Alternative Discourse ◽  
Policy Context ◽  
Formed Part ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to critically investigate a group of year 11 boys’ relationship to RE in response to debates about boys’ underachievement in RE. Design/methodology/approach – Qualitative data were collected through observations and semi-structured interviews. Data analysis draws upon pro-feminist and poststructuralist theories of the gendered subject. Findings – The data presented in this paper reveals how RE functioned as a political space for the exploration of social justice issues that formed part of the boys’ daily experiences, serving to increase awareness and understanding of diversity. Research limitations/implications – At a time of curriculum change where RE has been marginalised by exclusion from the DfE's English Baccalaureate this paper also seeks to contribute to debates about education for social justice through critical, pluralistic RE within a neo-liberal policy context. Practical implications – RE is shown to be a potent educational resource for challenging pupils’ negative social practices and producing more reflexive masculine subjects. Social implications – The contribution of RE to ensuring greater understanding and dialogue requires reassertion and protection within the curriculum. Originality/value – The data presented shows that where RE is taken up by masculine subjects it offers an alternative discourse with potential to create community cohesion and interfaith dialogue.

Turning Water into Wine

2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 219-243
Author(s):  
Consuelo Orozco-Giraldo ◽  
Paul L. Harris
Keyword(s):  
Young Children ◽  
Religious Education ◽  
Religious Beliefs ◽  
Natural Course ◽  
Potential Conflict ◽  
Religious School ◽  
Divine Agency

AbstractYoung children judge that violations of ordinary, causal constraints are impossible. Yet children’s religious beliefs typically include the assumption that such violations can occur via divine agency in the form of miracles. We conducted two studies to examine this potential conflict. In Study 1, we invited 5- and 6-year-old Colombian children attending either a secular or a religious school to judge what is and is not possible. Children made their judgments either following a minimal prompt or following a reminder of God’s extraordinary powers. Irrespective of their education, and whether or not they had been reminded of God’s extraordinary powers, children systematically judged violations of ordinary, causal constraints to be impossible. In Study 2, we asked if more extensive reminders of God’s special powers would prompt religious children to say that the impossible can happen. Five- and 6-year-old Colombian children attending either a secular or a religious school were presented with narratives in which the protagonist desired an ordinarily impossible outcome. In half the stories, the protagonist prayed to God for the desired outcome. Irrespective of education and of whether the protagonist prayed, children systematically concluded that the desired outcome would not occur and justified that conclusion by reference to ordinary causal constraints. Nevertheless, in a minority of their replies children did assert that violations of ordinary causality are possible. Overall, irrespective of their religious education, young children judge that events rarely deviate from their natural course; only occasionally do they acknowledge exceptions.

774 Examination of the Religious and Spiritual Needs of Acutely Injured Burn Patients

2020 ◽  
Vol 41 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. S221-S221
Author(s):  
Carrie A Cox ◽  
Vidhi Javia ◽  
Lisa C Smith ◽  
Rachel C Hill ◽  
C Scott Hultman
Keyword(s):  
Length Of Stay ◽  
Religious Beliefs ◽  
Religious Affiliation ◽  
Full Range ◽  
Religious Involvement ◽  
Spiritual Needs ◽  
Common Mechanism ◽  
Moderate Degree ◽  
Burn Patients ◽  
Burn Care

Abstract Introduction Despite advances in burn care that dramatically increase survivability for severe burn injuries, individuals who suffer such injuries will likely experience long recovery periods complicated by declines in psychological, social, behavioral, occupational, and sexual functioning. We compared the self-importance of spirituality in a patient’s life with select demographic data in order to better understand the role of spirituality in the treatment and recovery of patients in the Burn Intensive Care Unit (BICU). Methods In this survey study and subsequent retrospective review, we explored the importance of spiritual beliefs and practices to the burn patient population within the BICU. We utilized the Belief into Action Scale (BIAC), which is a validated survey tool designed to quantify the full range of an individual’s religious involvement. Each participant completed one BIAC survey during his or her inpatient stay. We then collected patient demographics, including religious affiliation and the number of pastoral visits received. Injury characteristics and outcome measures were examined including, Total Body Surface Area (TBSA) burn, length of stay (LOS), and Charlson Comorbidity Index (CCI). Results Between April and June of 2019, surveys were administered to 32 adult participants. The participants ranged in age from 21 to 83 (mean 52.5), 59% (19/32) were male and 41% (13/32) were female. Of the 32 participants, 69% were Caucasian, 25% were African American, 3% were Hispanic/Latino, and 3% were other. Sixty-six percent (21/32) had no religious affiliation identified within their medical record and 31% (10/32) of patients had at least 1 pastoral visit (range 0–5 visits). TBSA ranged from 0% (10/32) to 35%, seven (22%) participants had an inhalation injury, the most common mechanism of burn injury was flame (43.75%), and the average length of stay was 16 days (range 1–75 days). Mean BIAC score was 44.8 (out of 100), with a median of 46.5 and a standard deviation of 22.6, indicating a moderate degree of spiritual and religious beliefs. Conclusions Acutely injured burn patients, admitted to an urban burn center, report a moderate degree of spiritual and religious beliefs, strongly supporting the need for pastoral care in this population. Applicability of Research to Practice The increased likelihood of survival for severely burn injured patients has led to the need for a greater emphasis on the potential psychological and social morbidity for these individuals. This research highlights the importance of addressing the spiritual needs of burn patients.

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