ABSTRACT
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.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part One|42 pages
Setting the context
part Two|107 pages
Qualitative perspectives
chapter 4|16 pages
Sources of knowledge and authority
chapter 5|16 pages
Uniting two communities or creating a third community?
chapter 6|20 pages
Cradling Catholics in secular Scotland
chapter 8|25 pages
Religious diversity as a personal and social value
part Three|91 pages
Quantitative perspectives
chapter 10|16 pages
Testing the ‘worlds apart' thesis
part Four|46 pages
International engagement