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Catholic identities, religious faith and moral values : an empirical enquiry among 16- to 19-year-old male students in the Republic of Ireland

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McGrady, Andrew, McKenna, Ursula and Francis, Leslie J. (2019) Catholic identities, religious faith and moral values : an empirical enquiry among 16- to 19-year-old male students in the Republic of Ireland. In: Byrne, Gareth and Francis, Leslie J., (eds.) Religion and Education: The voices of young people in Ireland. Dublin, Ireland: Veritas, pp. 125-143. ISBN 9781847308900

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Against the background of the changing religious landscape of the Republic of Ireland, this study was designed to explore the connections between Catholic identities and both religious faith and moral values at the beginning of the twenty-first century in order to provide a baseline for future studies. Catholic identities are conceptualised as comprising the intersection between religious affiliation and religious practice. Drawing on data provided by post-primary students between the ages of 16 and 19 years, collected in 2003 from 65 Catholic voluntary secondary schools, comparisons were drawn between five groups of young men: 96 who claimed affiliation with no religious group and 1,231 Roman Catholic students distinguished by four levels of mass attendance: weekly (614), at least once a month (265), several times a year (254), and never (92), leaving six who did not report on their level of attendance. The data demonstrated that the religiously unaffiliated young men retained some vestige of the religious heritage of Ireland, while weekly mass attending young men embraced a number of secular norms and values. While Catholic identities remained important, their significance was eroding.

Item Type: Book Item
Divisions: Faculty of Social Sciences > Centre for Education Studies (2013- )
Publisher: Veritas
Place of Publication: Dublin, Ireland
ISBN: 9781847308900
Book Title: Religion and Education: The voices of young people in Ireland
Editor: Byrne, Gareth and Francis, Leslie J.
Official Date: 2019
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Number of Pages: 287
Page Range: pp. 125-143
Status: Not Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
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