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Templegoing teens : the religiosity and identity of Buddhists growing up in Britain
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Thanissaro, Phra Nicholas (2016) Templegoing teens : the religiosity and identity of Buddhists growing up in Britain. PhD thesis, University of Warwick.
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Official URL: http://webcat.warwick.ac.uk/record=b2866488~S1
Abstract
A quantitative study explored the values profile of teen self-identifying Buddhists growing up in Britain and the degree to which religious affiliation, sex, age, social class and convert or heritage religious style linked with features of their Buddhist identity and values. A variety of attitude statements including those concerning personal well-being, psychological type, discrimination, the media, friends, work, school, Religious Education, family, substance use, collectivism, tradition and religion, were rated for levels of agreement using postal and online surveys of 417 self-identifying Buddhists aged between 13 and 20. Likely antecedents of Buddhist identity were found to include parenting style, spiritual teachers, temple training and ethos, shrines and religious practice in the home, collectivism, cleavage against assimilation and intuitive psychological type. Teen years saw a decline and relativising of Buddhist values except for inspiration towards engaged Buddhism and spending time in the monastic order. Likely consequences of Buddhist identity were found to include impact on lifestyle, commitments and personality. Being Buddhist and male was different from being Buddhist and female in that males were more extraverted and ordination-oriented in their faith aspirations and less concerned about their children growing up Buddhist. Lower class Buddhists were more likely to be collectivist and traditional. Middle class Buddhists were more vertical individualist and interested in a monastic vocation. In terms of religious style, heritage Buddhists were found to be more extrinsic and traditional in their religiosity than convert Buddhists for whom religiosity was more intrinsic and reform orientated. This dissertation offers quantitative evidence for individual differences between convert and heritage Buddhist styles of religiosity and commends emphasising religious practice rather than beliefs, scripture and spirituality when portraying Buddhism in school Religious Education.
Item Type: | Thesis (PhD) | ||||||
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Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BQ Buddhism L Education > LB Theory and practice of education > LB1603 Secondary Education. High schools |
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Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Buddhists -- Great Britain, Teenagers -- Great Britain, Religiousness | ||||||
Official Date: | 22 February 2016 | ||||||
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Institution: | University of Warwick | ||||||
Theses Department: | Centre for Education Studies | ||||||
Thesis Type: | PhD | ||||||
Publication Status: | Unpublished | ||||||
Supervisor(s)/Advisor: | Francis, Leslie J. ; Robbins, Mandy | ||||||
Sponsors: | University of Warwick | ||||||
Extent: | 475 leaves | ||||||
Language: | eng |
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