Shifting Identifications among Religious and Non-Religious Emerging Adults at a Northeastern U.S. Mainstream Denominational College

Little is known about the effect of various social contexts on the development of belief for emerging adults. Specifically, college has been shown to both diminish and strengthen beliefs. I show that identifying as religious or non-religious is largely decoupled from beliefs and practices among emer...

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1. VerfasserIn: Culton, Kenneth R. (VerfasserIn)
Medienart: Elektronisch Aufsatz
Sprache:Englisch
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Veröffentlicht: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group 2022
In: Religious education
Jahr: 2022, Band: 117, Heft: 4, Seiten: 283-295
weitere Schlagwörter:B Spirituality
B Education
B Emerging adulthood
B Youth
B Faith
B Identity
B Non-religion
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Zusammenfassung:Little is known about the effect of various social contexts on the development of belief for emerging adults. Specifically, college has been shown to both diminish and strengthen beliefs. I show that identifying as religious or non-religious is largely decoupled from beliefs and practices among emerging adults at a mainstream denominational college. This particular social context is one where beliefs, of many stripes, are seen to be admirable. I find that the mainstream denominational college can be a supportive social context that encourages experimentation, exploration, and potential strengthening of both spiritual and denominational beliefs.
ISSN:1547-3201
Enthält:Enthalten in: Religious education
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1080/00344087.2022.2097986