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Buddhist teen bowing to parents : straddling the border between private and public religion

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Thanissaro, Phra Nicholas (2016) Buddhist teen bowing to parents : straddling the border between private and public religion. Usuteaduslik Ajakiri, 69 (1). pp. 110-126. ISSN 1406-6564.

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Abstract

Bowing to parents is a Buddhist home practice that links with the spread of religious-led attitudes across a notional border into the public sphere of young Buddhists’ lives. A quantitative study sought to map the attitudes corresponding with bowing to parents for teen self-identifying Buddhists in Britain. A variety of statements including those concerning personal well-being, discrimination, work, school, Religious Education, friends, family, substance use, collectivism, tradition and religion were rated for levels of agreement by 417 self-identifying Buddhists, aged between 13 and 20, using postal and online surveys. The 56% who bowed to parents were found to have stronger public-sphere attitudes such as work ethic, resilience to intoxicant use, valuing study and Religious Education. In the private sphere, they were found to have a more positive attitude towards family and Buddhism. Additionally the study found the significance of bowing differed with age – being linked particularly with an increased subjective well-being in early teens and acceptance of hierarchy and parental influence in late teens. Also, the attitudes corresponding with bowing depended on religious style – bowing being linked with Asian values and feeling more religious for convert Buddhist teens, whereas for heritage Buddhist teens it was linked more with ingroup mentality. Unlike non-Buddhist adolescents, bowing to parents in Buddhists was linked with wanting to look after parents in old age. The article argues that bowing to parents has the cultural function of bringing religiously-led good into society, acting as a perpetuating structure, binding the Buddhist community together, facilitating mutual respect from adults and a sense of social hierarchy and as such deserves to be considered an aspect of Buddhist religiosity.

Item Type: Journal Article
Subjects: B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BL Religion
B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BQ Buddhism
H Social Sciences > HQ The family. Marriage. Woman
Divisions: Faculty of Social Sciences > Centre for Education Studies (2013- )
Faculty of Social Sciences > Institute of Education ( -2013)
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): Parent and teenager -- Religious aspects -- Buddhism
Journal or Publication Title: Usuteaduslik Ajakiri
Publisher: Estonian Theological Society
ISSN: 1406-6564
Official Date: 2016
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2016Published
24 March 2016Available
Volume: 69
Number: 1
Number of Pages: 17
Page Range: pp. 110-126
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
Access rights to Published version: Open Access (Creative Commons)
Copyright Holders: Estonian Theological Society
Date of first compliant deposit: 29 March 2016
Funder: University of Warwick Postgraduate Research Scholarship
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