Critique of the Religion and Spirituality Discourse in Family Articles

Zaloudek, Julie A.; Ruder-Vásconez, Chris; Doll, Kevin

doi:10.1111/jftr.12206

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“…Furthermore, RDS models of human development emphasize that the individual is an active agent in their own socialization (Overton & Molenaar, ), thus having a model that allow for youths’ own conceptualizations of spirituality align with the theoretical grounding of this study. Secondly, domains of the tripartite model overlap with frameworks of PYD (Benson & Roehlkepartain, ; Lerner, Alberts, Anderson, & Dowling, ) and recent research findings that spirituality is salient to youth and those conceptualization may or may not have religious grounding (Zaloudek, Ruder‐Vásconez, & Doll, ).…”

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“…For many youth, religion can be a pathway to spiritual development (Dowling et al., ) in that religious institutions (e.g., church, temple) and texts (e.g., Quran, Bible) can lead to behaviors and socializing experiences that are internalized as value systems and manifest many of the aforementioned conceptualizations of what it means to be spiritual. Conversely, some youth also develop their spirituality in the absence of religious influence (James, Fine, & Turner, ; Zaloudek et al., ).…”

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Temporal Relation Between Youths’ Perceived Spirituality and Indicators of Positive Development

James

Ward

2019

J of Research on Adolesc

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Using data from the 4‐H Study of Positive Youth Development (PYD), we employed a cross‐lagged model to examine the temporal order of the relationship between PYD and youths’ spirituality. Our sample consisted of 1,842 youth from 32 states in the continental United States. Mean age across the two waves of data used in this study was 15.5 and 16.6, respectively. The cross‐lagged model allowed us to test the model suggesting that youth must develop certain abilities (e.g., Cs of PYD) prior to constructing and internalizing abstract notions of spirituality. Findings supported this argument, with relations varying across conceptions of spirituality. This study provides a more comprehensive understanding of mechanisms and processes linking youths’ spirituality and PYD, highlighting several important implications for research and practice.

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Section: Conceptualizing Spiritualitymentioning

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Temporal Relation Between Youths’ Perceived Spirituality and Indicators of Positive Development

James

Ward

2019

J of Research on Adolesc

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“…This also fails to acknowledge the possibility for a complete indifference to religion (Hedberg & Huzarevich 2017). Further, the prevailing discourse of religion and spirituality in the social sciences reflects Western ideologies like individualism (Zaloudek, Ruder-Vásconez & Doll 2017) and fails to acknowledge other valid ways of being.…”

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Advancing the Study of Nonreligion through Feminist Methods

Reuter

Murray

2022

Secularism and Nonreligion

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In the United States, nonreligious people face stigma, prejudice, and discrimination because they are viewed as immoral and distrustful. This is partly because of othering, by which nonreligious people are subjugated to a minority status. Othering also occurs in academic research and writing. Applying feminist principles can improve research about nonreligious populations. Grounded in results of a US-based online study, we recommend two feminist principles to facilitate the study of nonreligion: (1) rejecting othering of minority groups, and (2) intersectionality. As a result of applying these principles, the nuanced differences between nonreligious groups can be better understood and the complex identities of nonreligious people can be more accurately represented. Researchers benefit from increased accuracy and understanding of nonreligion via better informed theoretical and methodological decisions and nonreligious people benefit from their more accurate representation in academic research.

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“…Religion typically includes beliefs and practices that are shared by the religious community, whereas spirituality generally indicates more individual feelings of transcendence or connection to a higher power (for review, see Zaloudek et al, 2017). In previous research, religion and spirituality are often used together or interchangeably because of the difficulty in separating the two because religious beliefs and practices often lead to individual, spiritual experiences and spiritual experiences can often reaffirm religious belief (Zaloudek et al, 2017). Although our participants identify as religious, many of their experiences are also spiritual in nature.…”

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“We have hope”: An exploration of hope in highly religious families

Kelley,

Hendricks,

Chelladurai

et al. 2023

Family Relations

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ObjectiveThe purpose of this study was to explore qualitatively the connections among religion, hope, and relationships.BackgroundBoth hope and religion have often been associated with positive individual and relational outcomes. Some research has found that hope mediates or moderates the relationship between religion and various outcomes. Despite the research that has been done to understand connections between religion and hope, little research has explored these constructs together in a relational context.MethodUsing thematic analysis and a team‐based approach, we completed an analysis of in‐depth interviews with a large, culturally and religiously diverse strengths‐based sample of 198 highly religious families.ResultsTwo themes relating to the religious antecedents of hope were identified (religious beliefs and religious practices) as well as two themes that address the application or outcomes of hope (hope in family life and the experience of religious hopes). Several subthemes were also identified and are discussed and illustrated.ConclusionsFor some families, religious beliefs and specific religious practices play an important role in fostering hope, and this hope was reported to enhance various elements of individual and family life.ImplicationsResults provide support for integrating religion and hope into various individual and relational therapies.

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Critique of the Religion and Spirituality Discourse in Family Articles

Cited by 8 publications

References 60 publications

Temporal Relation Between Youths’ Perceived Spirituality and Indicators of Positive Development

Temporal Relation Between Youths’ Perceived Spirituality and Indicators of Positive Development

Advancing the Study of Nonreligion through Feminist Methods

“We have hope”: An exploration of hope in highly religious families

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