Identity

Loveland, Matthew T.

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-31395-5_15

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“…In this study, we conceptualize religious identity development as conforming to the Eriksonian-Marcian identity theory, which we apply to religion as a domain of identity, as "a process in which individuals explore and commit to a set of religious beliefs and practices" (Visser-Vogel et al 2015, 91). With Loveland (2016), we would state that religious identity development "is essentially social" (294). This is in line with other studies (e.g., Cohen-Malayev, Schachter, and Rich 2014;de Bruin-Wassinkmaat et al 2019;Fisherman 2011;Hemming and Madge 2012;Sherkat 2003;Visser-Vogel et al 2015) which showed that religious identity development is shaped and influenced by the context.…”

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Influencing Contextual Factors in the Religious Identity Development of Strict Reformed-Raised Emerging Adults in The Netherlands

Bruin-Wassinkmaat

Kock

Visser-Vogel

et al. 2021

Religious Education

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Religious identity development is highly influenced by contexts. This influence is even more powerful for young people who grew up in strict religious contexts because of the prominence of orthodox beliefs and practices in everyday life. This article presents which contextual factors were influential on the religious identity development of 18 emerging adults who grew up in strict Reformed contexts in the Netherlands. Moreover, it presents characteristics that led the participants to consider the influence as positive or negative. In the study, the perspective of the emerging adults was central, and through in-depth life story interviews, contextual influence was explored.

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