The Role of Language in Religious Identity Making: A Case of a Caribbean-Chinese Youth

Autor/in	Skerrett, Allison
Titel	The Role of Language in Religious Identity Making: A Case of a Caribbean-Chinese Youth
Quelle	In: Literacy Research: Theory, Method, and Practice, 66 (2017) 1, S.325-340 (16 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2381-3369
DOI	10.1177/2381336917718176
Schlagwörter	Religion; Religious Cultural Groups; Youth; Adolescents; Multilingualism; Language Usage; English; Chinese; Identification (Psychology); Qualitative Research; Foreign Countries; Biculturalism; Semi Structured Interviews; Video Technology; Audio Equipment; Photography; Observation; Lesson Plans; Curriculum; Christianity; Buddhism + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Kirchliche Gruppe; Religionszugehörigkeit; Jugend; Jugendlicher; Jugendalter; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Mehrsprachigkeit; Multilingualismus; Sprachgebrauch; English language; Englisch; China; Chinesen; Qualitative Forschung; Ausland; Bikulturalität; Audio-CD; Fotografie; Beobachtung; Lesson planning; Unterrichtsplanung; Curricula; Lehrplan; Rahmenplan; Christentum; Buddhismus
Abstract	This article explores the processes of religious identity development in a Caribbean-Chinese adolescent who is from a multifaith, multilingual home. Findings include (1) the youth developed a Christian religious identity through his multiple situatedness within home and school worlds that privileged that faith and the dominant language of English with which it was associated and (2) the youth's limited knowledge of his mother's Chinese languages was associated with his limited exploration of an additional religious faith within his home. While previous links have been established between youths' religious and cultural identities, this analysis submits the significance of language in religious identity development. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01