ERIC Number: EJ1385131
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2023
Pages: 15
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ISSN: ISSN-0034-4087
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People, Programs, and Practices: Religious Literacies in the Lives of Latter-Day Saint Young Adults
Religious Education, v118 n1 p54-68 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); and specific actions they used when reading sacred texts (practices). As a framework for examining the nature of religious literacies, people, programs, and practices represent mediating forces in the development of young adults' meaning-making work with sacred texts. Findings have implications for theorizing and studying religious literacies as social practice across faith traditions.
Descriptors: Religious Education, Literacy, Young Adults, Religious Factors, Christianity, Religious Cultural Groups, Family Relationship, Friendship, Social Influences, Biblical Literature, Church Programs
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Language: English
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