The religious lives of young adults have generally been investigated by examining what young people believe and their self-reported religious practices. Far less is known about young adults’ organizational involvement and its impact on religious identities and ideas about religious commitment. Using data from site visit observations of religious congregations and organizations, and individual a...

Existing research on religious identity, especially from a narrative perspective, has tended to focus either on accounts of the past (especially occasions of religious change) or on conceptions of religious identity in the present. Religious communities, however, not only provide a sense of identity and belonging in the present—as a “Catholic” or “Buddhist,” for example—they also promote a part...

Among the most replicated results in social cognition is the split between explicit and implicit attitudes; adults demonstrate weaker group-based preferences on explicit rather than implicit measures. However, the developmental origins of this pattern remain unclear. If implicit attitudes develop over a protracted period of time, children should not demonstrate the implicit preferences observed...

After reviewing various forms of multiple religious belonging, the author argues for the necessity of preliminary first principles, primarily coming from a considered form of a theology of religions. While an exclusivist theology would not allow multiple belongings, forms of inclusivism, pluralism, and postmodern mutualism provide possibilities. Since Roman Catholicism takes the most typical in...

The problem of respecting the patients' religious-based decisions seems to play increasingly important role in medical practice. Most probably it happens because: (i) bioethical standards accentuate the principle of the respect for autonomy (the departure form medical paternalism) and (ii) the contacts between people belonging to different religious traditions are becoming more and more frequen...

Purpose: The aim of this study was to investigate the impact religious rituals on cultural identity- a review relationship between practices and belonging.
 Methodology: adopted desktop research methodology. Desk refers secondary data or that which can be collected without fieldwork. is basically involved in collecting from existing resources hence it often considered low cost technique as...

Abstract The articles in this special issue illuminate the importance of aesthetics, affect, and emotion formation religious communities through examples from Buddhist world. This introduction reads across contributors’ findings different regions (China, India, Japan, Tibet) eras (from 17th to 21st centuries) highlight common themes. It discusses how can take shape around feelings togetherness,...