Reflections of modernization in religious worldviews of Israeli religious minority students

Sawsan Kheir

doi:10.1177/00846724221145340

Reflections of modernization in religious worldviews of Israeli religious minority students

Sawsan Kheir

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Abstract

Scholarship on the hybrid and interrelated nature of religion and secularism among religious minorities is still scarce. This study explores how young adult religious minority students in Israel, Muslims and Druze, integrate their religious worldviews within modernity, separately for each group and comparatively for both, with special attention to their conflictual position as minorities. The research data were collected as part of a mixed-methods research project—Young Adults and Religion in a Global Perspective (YARG), which used the Faith Q-Sort method (version b)—and through semi-structured interviews. The findings reflect the multiple ways in which modernization processes can shape the religious worldviews of minority students and confirm previous findings on the multifaceted manifestations of religiosity and secularization. Furthermore, the study highlights the indirect manner through which the position of “religious/ ethnic minority” might promote secularization.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	152-173
Number of pages	22
Journal	Archiv für Religionspychologie / Archive for the Psychology of Religion
Volume	45
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/00846724221145340
Publication status	Published - 12 Jan 2023
MoE publication type	A1 Journal article-refereed

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I thank all participants who contributed to this study; I thank my supervisors, Professor Peter Nynäs (Åbo Akademi University), Dr. Sofia Sjö (Åbo Akademi University), Professor Yohanan (Yohi) Eshel (University of Haifa), and Dr. Nurit Novis-Deutsch (University of Haifa) for providing advice and guidance during the preparation of this paper; and I thank the two anonymous reviewers for valuable feedback on an earlier version of this paper. The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This research was funded by Åbo Akademi University, Åbo Akademi University Foundation, The Donner Institute, and the Academy of Finland (application no. 288730). The research methodology was approved by the Board for Research Ethics both at Åbo Akademi University, Finland, and at the University of Haifa, Israel. The materials analyzed in this article may be obtained by contacting the YARG Principal Investigator, Prof. Peter Nynäs ([email protected]). The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This research was funded by Åbo Akademi University, Åbo Akademi University Foundation, The Donner Institute, and the Academy of Finland (application no. 288730). The research methodology was approved by the Board for Research Ethics both at Åbo Akademi University, Finland, and at the University of Haifa, Israel. The materials analyzed in this article may be obtained by contacting the YARG Principal Investigator, Prof. Peter Nynäs ( [email protected] ).

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