Full Description
Investigating the hitherto unexplored topic of how young people understand and relate to religious diversity in the social context in which they are growing up, this book makes a significant contribution to the existing body of literature on religious diversity and multiculturalism. It closes a gap in knowledge about young people's attitudes to religious diversity, and reports data gathered across the whole of the UK as well as comparative chapters on Canada, USA and continental Europe. Reporting findings from both qualitative and quantitative research which reveal, for example, the importance of the particular social and geographical context within which young people are embedded, the volume addresses young people's attitudes towards the range of 'world religions' as well as non-religious stances and offers an interdisciplinary approach through the different analytical perspectives of the contributors.
Contents
Part 1. Setting the Context 1. The 'Young People's Attitudes to Religious Diversity' Project in the Context of Warwick Religions and Education Research Unit (WRERU) Research, Robert Jackson & Ursula McKenna 2. The Qualitative Strand: Listening in Depth, Elisabeth Arweck & Julia Ipgrave 3. The Quantitative Strand: An Individual Differences Approach, Leslie J Francis, Gemma Penny & Mandy Robbins Part 2. Qualitative perspectives 4. Sources of Knowledge and Authority: Religious Education for Young Muslims in a Birmingham Comprehensive School, Julia Ipgrave 5. Uniting Two Communities or Creating a Third Community? Research in a Northern Irish Integrated School, Julia Ipgrave 6. Cradling Catholics in Secular Scotland: Research in a Scottish Roman Catholic High School, Julia Ipgrave 7. The Matter of Context: The Case of Two Community Schools in Wales, Elisabeth Arweck 8. Religious Diversity as a Personal and Social Value: Impressions from a Multicultural School in London, Elisabeth Arweck Part 3. Quantitative Perspectives 9. Does RE Work and Contribute to the Common Good in England? Leslie J Francis, Gemma Penny & Ursula McKenna 10. Testing the 'Worlds apart' Thesis: Catholic and Protestant Schools in Northern Ireland, Leslie J Francis, Gemma Penny & Philip Barnes 11. Growing up Catholic in Scotland: Not One Catholic Community but Three, Leslie J Francis, Gemma Penny & Peter Neil 12. Schools with a Religious Character and Community Cohesion in Wales, Leslie J Francis, Gemma Penny & Tania ap Siôn 13. The Personal and Social Significance of Diverse Religious Affiliation in Multi-faith London, Leslie J Francis & Gemma Penny Part 4. International Engagement 14. Young People and Religious Diversity: A Canadian Perspective, Lori G. Beaman, Peter Beyer and Christine L. Cusack 15. A Collage of Contexts: Young People and Religious Diversity in the United States, Mary Elizabeth Moore 16. Young People and Religious Diversity: A European Perspective, with Particular Reference to Germany, Alexander Yendell
