Essays about: "Religion and Youth"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 15 essays containing the words Religion and Youth.

  1. 1. Goggan, avocado plants and Stockholmskosher : Doing Jewishness in contemporary Sweden

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Sociologiska institutionen

    Author : Hanna Nir; [2022]
    Keywords : Jewishness; Jewish experience; doing Jewishness; practice theory; lived religion; Jewish life in Sweden; youth;

    Abstract : This study seeks to understand how young Swedish Jews experience their Jewishness in contemporary Sweden. Many have tried to understand Jewishness through surveys. However, this study uses a qualitative approach as well as the lens of lived religion and theories of practice to move focus to how people do their Jewishness. READ MORE

  3. 2. “We are also just normal people, like everybody else.” : Young Jehovah’s Witnesses in Belgium and their Experiences of Others’ Conceptions About their Religion.

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för tema

    Author : Liselotte Erika Andersson; [2022]
    Keywords : young Jehovah’s Witnesses; youth’s perspectives; religion; media; mis conceptions;

    Abstract : This study examines young Jehovah’s Witnesses’ experiences of others’ conceptions of their religion in media and through real-life encounters, and how they think it affects their everyday life. To get an insight into their subjective experiences, this research applied a qualitative approach with an interpretivist epistemological standpoint and constructionism as an ontological position. READ MORE

  4. 3. Assessing the Relationship between Christian Congregations and Teenagers Infected with HIV as Infants: a Qualitative Study in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

    Author : Marie Kristin Pauline Kalender; [2019]
    Keywords : HIV AIDS; teenagers; Christian; church; South Africa;

    Abstract : Problem: With 20% being infected, South Africa still has the highest HIV prevalence worldwide, implying a large number of children being infected as infant over the past decades. Nowadays, many of these infants are in their teenage years. Little research has been conducted about those adolescents. READ MORE

  5. 4. On the role of religious expression in the Swedish Public School System.

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

    Author : Linda Harris; [2019]
    Keywords : Conflict; Diversity; Education; Immigration; Integration; Peace; Prayer Room; Public Education; Relationship between religion and public schools; Religion; Religion and Youth; Religious Expression; School; Secular; Secularisation; Sweden;

    Abstract : This paper is a case study in Religion in Peace and Conflict, in which the role of religion and religious expression in Swedish education is examined. The focus of this case study is on Swedish public schools. READ MORE

  6. 5. A New Conflict? The Religious Dimension of the Rising Tension Between Turkey and the Turkish Cypriots.

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

    Author : Mustafa Savoglu; [2018]
    Keywords : North Cyprus; Religion; Conflict; Turkey; Reddediyoruz; Policies;

    Abstract : This thesis aims to investigate the reddediyoruzdemonstrations that took place in the Northern Cyprus in 2016. As Turkey seems to be moving towards a totalitarian Islamist regime, this research aims to study the relation between the Turkish Cypriot community and Turkey. READ MORE