As a social identity, religion is unique because it contains a spectrum of choice. In some religious communities, individuals are considered members by virtue of having parents of that background, and religion, culture, and ethnicity are closely intertwined. Other faith communities actively invite people of other backgrounds to join, expecting individuals to choose the religion that best fits t...

this paper aims to discuss the possibility of juxtaposition of critical thinking and religious experience, as an approach for religious education, and introduce its educational outcomes. a deductive research method has been used to theoretically discuss the possibility of combination of these two concepts in religious education and its results. religious education of iranian educational system ...

The process of integrating religion and spirituality into one’s daily life is a developmental identity process. There are numerous religious-spiritual issues which clients present that represent differing patterns of religiousspiritual identity resolution and the overall developmental nature of the religious-spiritual journey. Religiousspiritual issues are potentially neither easier nor more di...

This research attempted to study the  relationship between the preferences valued system and social identity among students of  Islamic Azad University of Khorramabad Branch. This study included 10514 students(7029 boys and 3485 girls). Using Cochran formula (400) student were determined as sample and were selected by using proportional stratified sampling method. Data were gathered by 1) A que...

Drawing on recent cross-nationally comparative survey data of the Turkish and Moroccan second generation in five European cities, this study examines the patterns of identification with ethnic, religious, national and city identities. We take a comparative perspective and analyse data from five cities (Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Antwerp, Brussels and Stockholm) that differ markedly in their policy a...