ABSTRACT
One striking feature of the chapters in this volume is the stunning influence of personal, social and religious contexts on young people and their attitudes to religious diversity. The chapters reveal complex interaction among these many influences. They further reveal that the influences themselves are complex, including history, cultural heritage, country, region, school, curriculum, religious community and family. The studies reported here are qualitative, based on interviews and observations, and quantitative, based on survey instruments; thus, they do not yield cause-and-effect conclusions. On the other hand, they reveal clear relationships between a wide range of contexts and religious attitudes. The result is a finely textured, mixed-method study of young people in the United Kingdom, related to available research in Ireland and other parts of Europe, which discloses a complex collage of contexts that interact with religious attitudes.
