{"title":"The pandemic and the feminisation of the Church? How male and female churchgoers experienced the Church of England’s response to Covid-19","authors":"L. Francis, A. Village","doi":"10.1080/13617672.2021.1933304","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13617672.2021.1933304","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT The Church of England responded quickly and decisively to the Government’s lockdown of the nation on 23 March 2020 by a total lock-up of all its churches and a swift move to a new online presence. Drawing on data from the Coronavirus, Church & You Survey provided by 1,642 female and 854 male churchgoing lay Anglicans in England, the present analyses tested the thesis that the response of the Church of England would be assessed more favourably by women than by men. The data found that men evaluated the national leadership less favourably, were more critical of the policy to lock-up churches, and were less positive about the online future. These findings are read against the background of a Church in which men are already marginalised and may have become more so as a consequence of the pandemic.","PeriodicalId":45928,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Beliefs & Values-Studies in Religion & Education","volume":"52 1","pages":"207 - 216"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2021-06-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"75182167","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Social inequality and interreligious learning: an empirical analysis of students’ agency to cope with interreligious learning tasks","authors":"Lucy Peacock","doi":"10.1080/13617672.2021.1926858","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13617672.2021.1926858","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45928,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Beliefs & Values-Studies in Religion & Education","volume":"78 1","pages":"234 - 235"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2021-06-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74430210","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Religiosity as a mediator of forgiveness among educators and parents in seven Muslim communities","authors":"I. Nasser, Jehanzeb R. Cheema","doi":"10.1080/13617672.2021.1930930","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13617672.2021.1930930","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Drawing on empirical data collected in 2018-2019, this article shares the results of a study on values including religiosity, empathy, forgiveness, and community mindedness among parents and educators in seven communities in Muslim countries. The goal is to contribute evidence-based knowledge on the importance of the above constructs in these unique contexts. The results suggest the three primary variables, empathy, community mindedness and religiosity were all statistically significant in predicting forgiveness, with empathy having the largest effect. The degree of religiosity didn’t mediate between empathy, community mindedness and forgiveness. Statistically significant differences when controlling for demographic variables such as gender, age, country, and education were not found. The results contribute to the empirical evidence on Muslim communities in the contexts of Bangladesh, Bosnia, Indonesia, Kenya, Malaysia, Uganda, and Tatarstan (Russia). The study also provides direction for interventions in education in these communities to promote human development and universal values.","PeriodicalId":45928,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Beliefs & Values-Studies in Religion & Education","volume":"103 1","pages":"186 - 206"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2021-05-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83668364","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"SNFT Debrief: a strategy for debriefing Christian experiential learning activities for young adults based on psychological type theory","authors":"J. Peter","doi":"10.1080/13617672.2021.1928977","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13617672.2021.1928977","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT This study explored the extent to which an educational debrief strategy informed by Carl Jung’s psychological type theory – that peoples’ innate personalities influence the way they process information – might contribute to the effectiveness of debriefing Christian experiential learning activities in a young adult ministry in Singapore. Drawing on the discourses on experiential learning, debrief and type, the SNFT Debrief was developed and implemented across two action research cycles with seven participants. Findings indicate that the SNFT Debrief has the potential to enhance learning and Christian faith formation in young adults, as it helped the participants to be mentally engaged and to use their preferred and non-preferred psychological functions during the debrief.","PeriodicalId":45928,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Beliefs & Values-Studies in Religion & Education","volume":"22 1","pages":"171 - 185"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2021-05-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74542849","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Rito Baring, F. Magno, Stephen Reysen, Iva Katzarska-Miller
{"title":"Student religious attitudes and global citizenship antecedents, identification, and outcomes in a Filipino sample","authors":"Rito Baring, F. Magno, Stephen Reysen, Iva Katzarska-Miller","doi":"10.1080/13617672.2021.1926758","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13617672.2021.1926758","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT In the present study, we investigated the influence of religious attitudes on a model of antecedents, identification, and outcomes of global citizenship using predictive quantitative tools. A total of 2,694 university students were recruited from two campuses of a large state university in southern Philippines and completed measures regarding religious attitudes and antecedents and outcomes of global citizenship identification. Data were analysed using correlations and structural equation modelling. Results showed that among three religious attitude dimensions, the religious behavioural dimension (religiosity) predicted antecedents, identification, and outcomes of global citizenship attitudes of university students. Implications of the results were analysed with respect to religious attitudes, university extension programmes and global citizenship education.","PeriodicalId":45928,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Beliefs & Values-Studies in Religion & Education","volume":"107 1","pages":"159 - 170"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2021-05-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"80897617","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Tests of life or life of tests?: similarities and differences in parents’ and teachers’ prioritisation of character, academic attainment, the virtues and moral theories","authors":"T. Harrison, Katy Dineen, Francisco Moller","doi":"10.1080/13617672.2021.1920233","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13617672.2021.1920233","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Although the area of parental involvement in education is well researched, much less is known about how parents and teachers might work together to cultivate desirable character virtues in their children/pupils. This article considers three potential barriers to parents/teachers forming such partnerships: i) differing views on the importance of character compared to academic attainment; ii) their prioritisation of moral, performance, civic and intellectual virtues; and iii) their prioritisation of different moral theories in ethical decision making. The article describes the findings from a quantitative study conducted with 376 parents and 137 teachers. The study found that both parents and teachers prioritise character over academic attainment but perceive the opposite to be true of their counterpart. Further, both parents and teachers rank moral virtues, such as honesty, as the most important, followed by performance virtues, such as resilience. The findings are significant as they illuminate a possible gap between parents and teachers in England, which, if addressed, will ensure children and young people are more likely to develop character qualities that contribute to individual and societal flourishing. Given that several countries are (re)introducing character education into the curriculum, the results of the study also have international significance.","PeriodicalId":45928,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Beliefs & Values-Studies in Religion & Education","volume":"44 1","pages":"137 - 158"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2021-05-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90622417","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
C. Cassiani-Miranda, A. Campo‐Arias, I. Álvarez-Solorza
{"title":"Psychometric performance of the brief Francis scale of attitude towards Christianity (Francis-4) in Mexican university students","authors":"C. Cassiani-Miranda, A. Campo‐Arias, I. Álvarez-Solorza","doi":"10.1080/13617672.2021.1915071","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13617672.2021.1915071","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT The brief Francis scale of attitude towards Christianity (Francis-4) psychometric performance in Mexico is unknown. The objective was to evaluate the dimensionality, homogeneity, gender differential item functioning (DIF), and nomological validity of Francis-4. 1,108 university students between 18 and 60 years of age were evaluated; 80.4% were women (n = 891). CFA was performed with the following fit indicators: chi-square, RMSEA, CFI, TLI, and McDonald’s omega were calculated. For nomological validity, the mean and standard deviation according to gender were compared with Student’s t-test. Gender DIF was quantified with Kendall’s tau-b. The CFA revealed the following goodness-of-fit coefficients: chi-square = 25.45, df = 2, p = .001, RMSEA = .10, 90% CI .07 – .14, CFI = .99, TLI = .99, and SRMR = .01. Cronbach’s alpha of .97 and McDonald’s omega were .97. Scores were significantly higher in women than in men (M = 8.9, SD = 5.4 versus M = 7.6, t = 3.15, p = .002). Kendall’s tau ranged from .07 to .09 indicating absence of gender DIF. Francis-4 is a unidimensional instrument with nomological validity, high internal consistency, and absence of gender DIF. It is recommended to evaluate its performance in other populations.","PeriodicalId":45928,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Beliefs & Values-Studies in Religion & Education","volume":"38 1","pages":"112 - 122"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2021-05-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"81298516","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Anne-Marije de Bruin-Wassinkmaat, Jos de Kock, Elsbeth Visser-Vogel, C. Bakker, M. Barnard
{"title":"‘It is never good. Really, it’s just never good’: a dominant theme in the life story accounts of strictly Reformed-raised emerging adults about their religious identity development","authors":"Anne-Marije de Bruin-Wassinkmaat, Jos de Kock, Elsbeth Visser-Vogel, C. Bakker, M. Barnard","doi":"10.1080/13617672.2021.1920232","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13617672.2021.1920232","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT This article presents a striking finding of our research into the religious identity commitments and process of religious identity development of emerging adults who grew up in strictly Reformed contexts in the Netherlands. We observed a recurrent theme in the life story accounts we studied. Almost all the participants expressed that they feel or felt not good enough for God or believers within strictly Reformed contexts. In this article, we explore this theme and show how feelings of not being good enough are related to various aspects of participants’ strictly Reformed upbringing, such as specific beliefs and specific ideal images. In addition, we show which experiences go along with feelings of not being good enough. Last, we discuss the findings, provide suggestions for future research and point to directions for further reflections by educators.","PeriodicalId":45928,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Beliefs & Values-Studies in Religion & Education","volume":"116 1","pages":"123 - 136"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2021-05-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"73217060","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Holly Bough Service at Liverpool Cathedral: a location and occasion for encounter?","authors":"Nelson A. Pike","doi":"10.1080/13617672.2021.1914914","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13617672.2021.1914914","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT The aim of the present paper, set within the developing science of cathedral studies, was to analyse the qualitative comments added by 113 of the 567 participants who submitted responses to a quantitative survey while attending the Holly Bough Service in Liverpool Cathedral on the afternoon of the Fourth Sunday of Advent 2019. These qualitative comments added depth and texture to the quantitative responses to illuminate five core aspects of the participants’ experience: the aesthetic and spiritual qualities of the Cathedral; the aesthetic and spiritual qualities of the Holly Bough Service; the aesthetic and spiritual qualities of the Cathedral’s musical tradition; the wider sense of connection with the Cathedral; and the impact of the ministry of the Cathedral clergy. The qualitative comments also drew attention to matters for further reflection by the Cathedral. Conclusions are drawn regarding the general effectiveness of Cathedrals within an increasingly secular environment, and the specific effectiveness of Liverpool Cathedral’s mission strategy of ‘Encounter’.","PeriodicalId":45928,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Beliefs & Values-Studies in Religion & Education","volume":"9 1","pages":"95 - 111"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2021-04-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"75220832","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Islam on campus: contested identities and the cultures of higher education in Britain","authors":"Jeremiah O. Adebolajo","doi":"10.1080/13617672.2021.1894808","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13617672.2021.1894808","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45928,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Beliefs & Values-Studies in Religion & Education","volume":"23 1","pages":"411 - 413"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2021-03-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74004202","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}