Youthful Church: A Study Of British Christian Youth Events And Community Culture

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ruth Dowson ◽  
Anne Kinnear
Keyword(s):  
Youth Development ◽  
Leisure Activities ◽  
Contemporary Culture ◽  
Community Culture ◽  
Evangelical Churches ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Cultural Medium ◽  
Christian Perspective ◽  
Church Youth ◽  
Growing Churches

Within contemporary culture, events dominate our leisure activities, and churches are not exempt from this trend. In the context of a study of church youth events, this research focuses on the wellbeing aspects of three growing churches and their youth events activities. In exploring the conceptualization of the eventization of faith, the research considers aspects of youth development, including wellbeing, from a Christian perspective. The aim of the paper is to identify and consider the influences of wellbeing in the purposes, content and outcomes of such faith events and their contribution to wellbeing in these temporary youthful church communities. It examines the concept of wellbeing through the cultural medium of events, focusing on case studies of the youth events of three independent, non-denominational, evangelical churches in the United Kingdom.

Youth Development in After-School Leisure Activities

2009 ◽  
Vol 30 (5) ◽  
pp. 668-690 ◽  
Author(s):  
Denise M. Wilson ◽  
Denise C. Gottfredson ◽  
Amanda B. Cross ◽  
Melissa Rorie ◽  
Nadine Connell
Keyword(s):  
Youth Development ◽  
Leisure Activities ◽  
After School

scholarly journals Volunteering and Leisure Activity in the United Kingdom: A Longitudinal Analysis of Males and Females

2020 ◽  
Vol 49 (4) ◽  
pp. 757-775
Author(s):  
Paul Downward ◽  
Kirstin Hallmann ◽  
Simona Rasciute
Keyword(s):  
Instrumental Variable ◽  
Leisure Activities ◽  
Leisure Activity ◽  
Panel Survey ◽  
Discretionary Time ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Leisure Behavior ◽  
Males And Females ◽  
Allocation Of Time ◽  
First Time

Theory recognizes the need to account for the allocation of time across activities as a potential constraint on volunteering. Drawing on the British Household Panel Survey (BHPS), for the first time, this article examines the decision to volunteer by males and females accounting for their engagement in other leisure activities that also involve discretionary time. Instrumental variable panel-data estimates reveal that it is only for females that volunteering is influenced by the choice of other leisure activities. This implies that males have more autonomy over their volunteering decision relative to their other leisure behavior compared with females. For males, this greater autonomy suggests that volunteering is more closely linked to the concept of “serious leisure” and a form of work as it is more distinct from other leisure activities. These differences have implications for volunteer recruitment.

Religious Freedom in the Liberal State

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ahdar Rex ◽  
Leigh Ian
Keyword(s):  
Religious Freedom ◽  
The United States ◽  
European Convention ◽  
Religious Expression ◽  
Liberal State ◽  
Liberal Democracies ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Christian Perspective ◽  
Subject Areas ◽  
Employment Education

Examining the law and public policy relating to religious liberty in Western liberal democracies, this book contains a detailed analysis of the history, rationale, scope, and limits of religious freedom from (but not restricted to) an evangelical Christian perspective. Focussing on the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, New Zealand, Australia, and the European Convention on Human Rights it studies the interaction between law and religion at several different levels, looking at the key debates that have arisen. Divided into three parts, the book begins by contrasting the liberal and Christian rationales for and understandings of religious freedom. It then explores central thematic issues: the types of constitutional frameworks within which any right to religious exercise must operate; the varieties of paradigmatic relationships between organized religion and the state; the meaning of ‘religion’; the limitations upon individual and institutional religious behaviour; and the domestic and international legal mechanisms that have evolved to address religious conduct. The final part explores key subject areas where current religious freedom controversies have arisen: employment, education, parental rights and childrearing, controls on pro-religious and anti-religious expression, medical treatment, and religious group (church) autonomy.

A Birds Eye Views on Leisure Services

2015 ◽  
pp. 242-258
Author(s):  
P. N. Raghunathan
Keyword(s):  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Leisure Activities ◽  
Free Time ◽  
Leisure Services ◽  
Modern Computer ◽  
Christian Perspective ◽  
To Come ◽  
Leisure Industry

This chapter highlights the conceptual framework of Leisure services like reviews of literature, importance, past and present scenario, benefits and challenges in leisure services, various view points on leisure, Christian perspective of leisure, kinds of leisure activities, leisure industry and its types. It is pinpointed in this chapter that people live like a machine in this modern computer world and having more stress. Hence, this chapter describes how one can plan and spend his\her free time fruitfully to come out of stress, to get relaxation and benefits out of it. Finally in conclusion clearly emphasize the importance of using leisure services without become addict of wrong choice of leisure activities.

Patient perspective of hand osteoarthritis in relation to concepts covered by instruments measuring functioning: a qualitative European multicentre study

2008 ◽  
Vol 68 (9) ◽  
pp. 1453-1460 ◽  
Author(s):  
T Stamm ◽  
F van der Giesen ◽  
C Thorstensson ◽  
E Steen ◽  
F Birrell ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Multicentre Study ◽  
Qualitative Analysis ◽  
Focus Groups ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Leisure Activities ◽  
International Classification Of Functioning ◽  
Hand Osteoarthritis ◽  
Psychological Consequences ◽  
The United Kingdom

Objective:To explore whether the concepts important to patients with hand osteoarthritis (OA) are covered by the most commonly used instruments measuring functioning.Method:A qualitative multicentre study using a focus group technique was performed in five European countries: Austria, The Netherlands, Norway, Sweden and the United Kingdom. The qualitative data analysis followed a modified form of “meaning condensation” and used the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) as a theoretical framework. Finally, the concepts from the focus groups were compared with the content of the most commonly used instruments which had been identified in an earlier theoretical analysis.Results:Fifty-six people (51 women, mean (SD) age 62.7 (7.9) years) with hand OA participated in this study in two focus groups per centre. 63 concepts were extracted from the focus groups. Twenty-one (33%) of the 63 concepts were covered by at least one instrument. Psychological consequences, different qualities of pain, aesthetic changes and leisure activities are important concepts from the focus groups which were not covered by the instruments. The qualitative analysis revealed detailed descriptions of pain-concerning sensations, levels and a certain relation to activity, none of which were fully represented in the instruments routinely used.Conclusion:It was possible to combine the concepts of the focus groups from each centre into a common qualitative analysis. The concepts important to people with hand OA are not fully represented in the most commonly used instruments.

scholarly journals Contribution of Leisure Context, Motivation and Experience to the Frequency of Participation in Structured Leisure Activities among Adolescents

2022 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 877
Author(s):  
Matea Belošević ◽  
Martina Ferić
Keyword(s):  
Identity Development ◽  
Youth Development ◽  
Positive Youth Development ◽  
Adolescent Development ◽  
Leisure Time ◽  
Leisure Activities ◽  
The Other ◽  
Peer Influences ◽  
Hierarchical Regression ◽  
Regression Analyses

Leisure time is considered an important context for adolescent development. The purpose of this article is to investigate what contributes to the frequency of adolescents’ participation in structured leisure activities (SLA). Participants were aged 14–21 years (M = 18.87, SD = 1.23) and 44.8% of participants were female. Hierarchical regression analyses were conducted. Results indicate that boys and adolescents who perceive the context of participation in SLA as safe, are externally or intrinsically motivated, and perceive that participation has contributed to their identity development and experiences of initiative, as well as their experiences of stress, are more likely to participate frequently in SLA. On the other hand, these findings indicate that girls and adolescents who are unmotivated to participate in SLA and who experience negative peer influences while participating in SLA are less likely to frequently participate in SLA. It can be concluded that it is important to think much more broadly than just the setting of the activities themselves when promoting young people’s participation in SLA. Some of the features of SLA that promote positive youth development are presented in this paper.

scholarly journals Leisure from the youth perspective: A qualitative analysis of high school students’ time diary

2017 ◽  
Vol 49 (2) ◽  
pp. 314-330
Author(s):  
Jelena Pesic ◽  
Marina Videnovic
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Youth Development ◽  
Extracurricular Activities ◽  
Computer Games ◽  
Leisure Activities ◽  
School Students ◽  
Time Diary ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Development Of Competencies

In this paper, we explore high school students? intrapersonal experiences regarding their leisure activities, and whether it is justified, on the basis of their perception, to make a distinction between active and passive leisure. The data were collected by 24-hour time diary method (description of experiences regarding the stated activities) and the thematic content analysis method was applied. The comments embedded in students? descriptions (unit of analysis) were classified into four categories: aims/importance of activities, mental effort, motivational value and experience of engagement. The sample of 922 high school students was structured by the region, age (I-IV grade) and type of school (grammar and vocational schools). As expected, extracurricular activities and hobbies are significantly more often described as mentally demanding and important for the development of competencies and identity, compared to passive leisure activities - watching entertainment shows and movies, reading for pleasure, listening to music and playing computer games. For these latter activities, there are significantly more positive comments on their motivational value. There is no significant difference regarding the experience of engagement, partly because of the unexpectedly large number of positive comments on watching entertainment shows and movies. The implications of these findings are discussed from the perspective of positive youth development.

scholarly journals Leisure Activities and Their Relationship With MRI Measures of Brain Structure, Functional Connectivity, and Cognition in the UK Biobank Cohort

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Melis Anatürk ◽  
Sana Suri ◽  
Stephen M. Smith ◽  
Klaus P. Ebmeier ◽  
Claire E. Sexton
Keyword(s):  
Functional Connectivity ◽  
Brain Structure ◽  
Leisure Activities ◽  
Occipital Lobe ◽  
Uk Biobank ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Sports Club ◽  
Neural Signature ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Early Old Age

Introduction: This study aimed to evaluate whether engagement in leisure activities is linked to measures of brain structure, functional connectivity, and cognition in early old age.Methods: We examined data collected from 7,152 participants of the United Kingdom Biobank (UK Biobank) study. Weekly participation in six leisure activities was assessed twice and a cognitive battery and 3T MRI brain scan were administered at the second visit. Based on responses collected at two time points, individuals were split into one of four trajectory groups: (1) stable low engagement, (2) stable weekly engagement, (3) low to weekly engagement, and (4) weekly to low engagement.Results: Consistent weekly attendance at a sports club or gym was associated with connectivity of the sensorimotor functional network with the lateral visual (β = 0.12, 95%CI = [0.07, 0.18], FDR q = 2.48 × 10–3) and cerebellar (β = 0.12, 95%CI = [0.07, 0.18], FDR q = 1.23 × 10–4) networks. Visiting friends and family across the two timepoints was also associated with larger volumes of the occipital lobe (β = 0.15, 95%CI = [0.08, 0.21], FDR q = 0.03). Additionally, stable and weekly computer use was associated with global cognition (β = 0.62, 95%CI = [0.35, 0.89], FDR q = 1.16 × 10–4). No other associations were significant (FDR q > 0.05).Discussion: This study demonstrates that not all leisure activities contribute to cognitive health equally, nor is there one unifying neural signature across diverse leisure activities.

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