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People, Programs, and Practices: Religious Literacies in the Lives of Latter-Day Saint Young Adults
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Rackley, Eric D. – Religious Education, 2023
Informed by social and cultural perspectives, this article examines the religious literacies of sixteen Latter-day Saint young adults. Religious literacy for them was a deeply embedded religiosocial experience involving family, friends, and others associated with the faith (people); activities, events, and courses they participated in (programs);…
Descriptors: Religious Education, Literacy, Young Adults, Religious Factors
A Comparative Scripture-Reading Analysis of Latter-Day Saint Experts and Novices
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Rackley, Eric D. – International Journal of Christianity & Education, 2022
This study employs an expert-novice research design to examine how five Latter-day Saint scholars and five Latter-day Saint youths read Scripture. Qualitative analyses of semi-structured interviews and verbal protocols point to six practices participants used: theorizing scriptural possibilities, connecting to Scripture, applying Scripture,…
Descriptors: Christianity, Religious Cultural Groups, Religious Factors, Religious Education
Latter-Day Saint Young Adults' Motivations for Religious Literacy
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Rackley, Eric D. – Journal of Research on Christian Education, 2022
This article explores 16 Latter-day Saint college students' religiosocial motivations for reading sacred texts. Inductive analyses of semi-structured and verbal protocol interviews identified four motivations for reading sacred texts that grew out of participants' lived experiences: They read because of pressure from family and friends, to have…
Descriptors: Christianity, Religious Cultural Groups, Literacy, Biblical Literature