Religious Education and Adolescent Kindness: A Qualitative Study among Students in Christian Secondary Schools

IF 0.4 3区哲学 0 RELIGION

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION Pub Date : 2023-10-23 DOI:10.1080/00344087.2023.2268439

Robert Skoretz

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AbstractThis article explores religious and spiritual influences that motivate adolescents to show kindness toward their peers who are outside their friend group. Findings from semi-structured interviews with 21 students from eight Christian high schools show the importance of presence, modeling, resources, and education for supporting adolescent prosocial cross-group interaction. These findings are put in conversation with relevant literature, and the article shares practical insights for communities of faith who wish to prioritize, encourage, and support acts of kindness among their teens.Keywords: Adolescent kindnessprosocial behaviorreligious education Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.Notes1 All participant names and some narrative details have been changed to protect participant confidentiality.Additional informationNotes on contributorsRobert SkoretzRobert Skoretz is a secondary school Religion teacher at Loma Linda Academy, a private Seventh-day Adventist school. He earned a PhD in Practical Theology from Claremont School of Theology with an emphasis in Religious Education and continues to pursue interests in prosocial behavior, interreligious literacy and dialogue, and religious education. E-mail: http://rskoretz@lla.org.

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宗教教育与青少年善良:基督教中学学生的质性研究

摘要本文探讨了宗教和精神的影响，这些影响促使青少年对朋友圈之外的同龄人表现出善意。对来自8所基督教高中的21名学生进行的半结构化访谈显示了在场、模式、资源和教育对支持青少年亲社会跨群体互动的重要性。这些发现与相关文献进行了对话，这篇文章为那些希望优先考虑、鼓励和支持青少年善意行为的信仰社区提供了实用的见解。关键词:青少年善良;亲社会行为;宗教教育;注1为保护参与者的隐私，所有参与者的姓名和一些叙述细节已被更改。其他信息撰稿人备注罗伯特·斯科雷兹罗伯特·斯科雷兹是洛玛林达学院的一名中学宗教老师，这是一所私立基督复临安息日会学校。他在克莱蒙特神学院获得实用神学博士学位，重点是宗教教育，并继续在亲社会行为，宗教间读写和对话以及宗教教育方面追求兴趣。电子邮件:http://rskoretz@lla.org。

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RELIGIOUS EDUCATION RELIGION-

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期刊介绍： Religious Education, the journal of the Religious Education Association: An Association of Professors, Practitioners, and Researchers in Religious Education, offers an interfaith forum for exploring religious identity, formation, and education in faith communities, academic disciplines and institutions, and public life and the global community.