By Roger J.R. Levesque
ISBN-10: 0585480672
ISBN-13: 9780585480671
ISBN-10: 0814751822
ISBN-13: 9780814751824
Youngsters are frequently obvious as not easy social mores. they're often looked as if it would have interaction in actions thought of by means of adults to be immoral, together with sexual habit, antisocial actions, and low-level kinds of violence. but the overwhelming majority file strangely excessive degrees of religiosity. Ninety-five percentage of yank adolescents elderly 13-17 think in God or a common spirit, and seventy six% think that God observes their activities and rewards or punishes them. approximately part interact in spiritual practices, equivalent to praying by myself or attending church or synagogue prone. children' spiritual ideals are in actual fact very important to them. but, the legislation doesn't know the way to method teens' non secular rights and desires. In now not by means of religion on my own, Roger J. R. Levesque argues that youth' look for which means doesn't regularly serve youth or society good. non secular doctrines and associations aren't all "good," with violence associated with spiritual ideals, for example—particularly racial/ethnic and sexual orientation harassment—becoming an expanding challenge. no longer through religion on my own is the 1st try and combine study at the position of faith in adolescent improvement and to debate the relevance of that study for guidelines and legislation which keep watch over faith of their lives. Levesque asks how faith, largely outlined, impacts the advance of youngsters' internal ethical compasses, and the way we will make sure that faith and the plain desire for "religious" task result in optimistic results for person teenagers and for society.
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As part of the larger identity development process, adoption of a religious orientation appears to require active exploration. As we have seen, engaging in critical exploration seems to be a significant component of achieving a healthy sense of identity. Whether and how to help adolescents engage in exploration is thus a critical concern. Intrinsic religious orientations, which value religion for itself, tend to be healthier than extrinsic orientations, which see religion as a means to an end (Paloutzian, 1996).
Adolescents who perceive their parents as supportive and caring report higher levels of religious participation, religious orthodoxy, and divine support (Bjarnason, 1998). These perceptions may be the result of the greater supportiveness of religious parents (Ellison, 1992), or the experience of a supportive family environment may predispose children and adolescents toward a favorable view of religion and religious activities (Hertel & Donahue, 1995). Caring and supportive parents may generate the perception of God as caring and supportive (Hertel & Donahue, 1995) and at the same time foster an emotional attachment to society.
The impact of these influences appears quite remarkable, according to the research, and exists outside particular religious traditions. Whether content and quality of faith messages (from parents, peers, communities) and adolescents’ interpretations of those messages do influence religious orientations and identity development remains an empirical issue that has yet to be investigated. Even without that research, however, it does seem fair to conclude that, even though the influence of specific religious traditions may vary, the influence of religion in general is felt and integrated through families, peers, communities, and individual dispositions, all of which determine the extent to which adolescents develop and maintain certain religious orientations.
Not by Faith Alone: Religion, Law, and Adolescence by Roger J.R. Levesque
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