Researching children, youth and religion: identity, complexity and agency

Hemming, Peter J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4903-866X and Madge, Nicola 2011. Researching children, youth and religion: identity, complexity and agency. Childhood 19 (1) , pp. 38-51. 10.1177/0907568211402860

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Abstract

Research on children, young people and religion is becoming more prevalent following an increased interest in this traditionally under-researched area. However, little discussion has taken place to date on the appropriateness of past frameworks for making sense of children’s religious lives. This article calls attention to the issue of religious identity in relation to children and young people. By drawing on the diffuse body of interdisciplinary social scientific research in this area, the article seeks to apply the new social studies of childhood model through the two concepts of complexity and agency. Following this, it then goes on to make some suggestions for future directions in the study of children, young people and religious identity.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Social Sciences (Includes Criminology and Education)
Subjects:	B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BL Religion H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) H Social Sciences > HQ The family. Marriage. Woman
Uncontrolled Keywords:	agency, children, identity, religion, young people,
Publisher:	Sage
ISSN:	0907-5682
Last Modified:	21 Oct 2022 09:30
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/36727

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