Islam in the Family: The Religious Socialization of Children in a Danish Provincial Town

2014 ◽  
pp. 33-50
Keyword(s):  
Religious Socialization ◽  
The Family

scholarly journals Transmission of Faith in Families: The Influence of Religious Ideology

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jesse Smith
Keyword(s):  
Young Adulthood ◽  
National Study ◽  
Religious Socialization ◽  
Religious Ideology ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
The Family ◽  
Primary Finding ◽  
Religious Transmission ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Parenting Approaches

Abstract The family and denominational factors influencing intergenerational religious transmission have been examined in a substantial body of work. Despite research identifying religious ideology as a salient aspect of American religion, however, its role in religious transmission remains unexplored. In this study, I use the National Study of Youth and Religion to test whether children’s worship attendance and centrality of faith in young adulthood differ based on whether their parents identify as religiously liberal, moderate, conservative, or none of these. I further test whether the strength of the relationship between parent and child religiosity differs between ideological groups. The primary finding is that religious transmission is stronger among children of religious conservatives than for any other group, while the other groups do not differ significantly from one another. These differences in transmission are largely explained by religious conservative parenting approaches, congregational involvement, and most importantly, more intensive religious socialization.

scholarly journals The Stickiness of Non-Religion? Intergenerational Transmission and the Formation of Non-Religious Identities in Childhood

Sociology ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 53 (6) ◽  
pp. 1094-1110 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna Strhan ◽  
Rachael Shillitoe
Keyword(s):  
Intergenerational Transmission ◽  
School Context ◽  
Ethnographic Study ◽  
Complex Pattern ◽  
Rapid Rise ◽  
Religious Socialization ◽  
Cultural Shift ◽  
Religious Identities ◽  
The Family ◽  
Religious Transmission

The rapid rise of those identifying as ‘non-religious’ across many countries has prompted growing interest in the ‘religious nones’. A now burgeoning literature has emerged, challenging the idea that ‘non-religion’ is the mere absence of religion and exploring the substantive beliefs, practices and identities that are associated with so-called unbelief. Yet we know little about the micro-processes through which this cultural shift towards non-religion is taking place. Drawing on data from an ethnographic study, this article examines how, when, where and with whom children learn to be non-religious, and considers the different factors that are implicated in the formation of non-religious identities. While research on religious transmission has demonstrated the importance of the family, our multi-sited approach reveals the important role also played by both school context and children’s own reflections in shaping their formation as non-religious, suggesting a complex pattern of how non-religious socialization is occurring in Britain today.

scholarly journals CONFESSIONAL GROUPS IN THE REPUBLIC OF TATARSTAN: IDENTITY AND FEATURES OF ITS DESIGN

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (5) ◽  
pp. 654-657
Author(s):  
Tatyana Alekseevna Titova ◽  
Elena Valeryevna Frolova ◽  
Elena Gennadievna Gushchina ◽  
Kadyrova Alina Andreevna
Keyword(s):  
Religious Socialization ◽  
Religious Groups ◽  
World Outlook ◽  
The Family ◽  
The World ◽  
Teachers And Students ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Comparative Description ◽  
Comprehensive Study

Purpose: The relevance of the problem is caused by the need for a comprehensive study of interfaith group attitudes in multiethnic and polyconfessional regions of the Russian Federation. The purpose of this article is to analyze the strategies of constructing identity in the environment of religious groups in the Republic of Tatarstan in 2017 - 2018. Methodology: The Leading approach to the study of this problem is a multi-paradigm methodology. The article gives a comparative description of the world outlook of the three studied groups -Muslims, Orthodox, and Atheists. Special attention is paid to the analysis of mechanisms of religious socialization and transmission of religious values. Result: It is concluded that Muslims attach more importance to the implementation of religious rites and practices; the family is considered the main agent of religious socialization, they are more characterized by the position of "religion is not chosen." The materials of the article can be useful for ethnologists, social and cultural anthropologists, political scientists, as well as representatives of bodies and structures in charge of interethnic and interreligious interaction. Applications: This research can be used for universities, teachers, and students. Novelty/Originality: In this research, the model of Confessional groups in the Republic of Tatarstan: identity and features of its design are presented in a comprehensive and complete manner.

scholarly journals Analysis of Religious Socialization Based on Interviews Conducted with Young Adults

Religions ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (6) ◽  
pp. 365 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gabriella Pusztai ◽  
Zsuzsanna Demeter-Karászi
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
Social Network ◽  
Qualitative Interviews ◽  
Network Models ◽  
Religious Practice ◽  
Constructivist Approach ◽  
Religious Socialization ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Family ◽  
Religious Transmission

The term religious socialization has become a pressing issue in the context of religious socialization research. It also raises the question whether religious transmission can be interpreted through the reproduction or constructivist approach. Previously, the reconstruction models determined the approach of studying religious socialization. According to these models, socialization meant the adoption of the patterns of religious practice in the family. In this sense, socialization is periodical. The constructivist and the social network models of sociology significantly changed our conception of religious socialization. The earlier model was replaced by a model which rests on activity, correlation and open-endedness. In this paper, 18 qualitative interviews were analyzeanalyzed. Because religiosity is a multidimensional phenomenon, we wanted to analyze development in each dimension, which is why we relied on Glock and Stark’s model. Based on our results, seven types emerged and these findings have strengthened the constructivist approach.

scholarly journals Religious Socialization and Moral Development: How Similar? How Different?

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. 657-658
Author(s):  
Linda George
Keyword(s):  
Moral Development ◽  
Emerging Adults ◽  
General Pattern ◽  
The Other ◽  
Life Stages ◽  
Religious Socialization ◽  
Journal Articles ◽  
Social Scientists ◽  
The Family ◽  
Similarities And Differences

Abstract Among Vern Bengtson’s contributions to research on aging, religion, and the family was the finding of strong patterns of intergenerational religious socialization within families. Professor Bengtson and colleagues published at least one book and a dozen journal articles documenting the strong evidence of intergenerational religious socialization, although they also documented specific variations of this general pattern. More recently, social scientists in the culture and cognition tradition have focused on moral development. Most of this research is based on studies of adolescents and emerging adults and concludes that families influence morality at these life stages, but that the effects of peers are even stronger. Some of this research explicitly links morality to religion; most does not. This paper compares research on religious socialization and morality, focusing on similarities and differences in findings, the potential of each tradition to inform and advance the other, and how that can be accomplished. Part of a symposium sponsored by the Religion, Spirituality and Aging Interest Group.

scholarly journals Religious Heterogamy and the Intergenerational Transmission of Religion in China

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brian L. McPhail ◽  
Fenggang Yang
Keyword(s):  
Religious Affiliation ◽  
Religious Tradition ◽  
Family Influence ◽  
Chinese Society ◽  
Religious Socialization ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Religiously Affiliated ◽  
Logistic Regression Models ◽  
The Family ◽  
Parental Impact

Research has long established that parents who do not share the same religious tradition produce less religious children than parents who do. Therefore, religious heterogamy and its negative effects on religious socialization have been associated with the generational decline of religion in Western societies. How about China, where religion has been resurging in the last few decades? Existing studies suggest two opposing possibilities: the restrictive national context may diminish parental impact on religious socialization, or the family influence withstands contextual pressures. Using the 2007 Spiritual Life Survey of Chinese Residents and logistic regression models, we examine patterns of association between having one or two religious parents during childhood and current religious affiliation, beliefs, behavior, and salience of respondents in China. Analyses reveal that despite China’s atheist education system and strict religion policies, having at least one religiously affiliated parent is associated with increased religiosity compared to having two nonreligious parents. As the number of interreligious marriages rises in Chinese society, religious heterogamy contributes to the growth of religion among younger generations. Whereas religious heterogamy in the West has a secularizing effect on the next generation and contributes to religion’s decline, religious heterogamy in secular nations such as China has a religionizing effect and contributes to religion’s rise.

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