Views on Human Rights Among Christian, Muslim and Non-Religious Youth in Norway and Sweden

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ID19427017
AuthorsPål Ketil Botvar, Anders Sjöborg (0000-0002-6909-9665)
Year2012
Volume25
Issue1
Pages67-81
Publication date2012-05-10
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueNordic Journal of Religion and Society (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0809-7291 • E-ISSN: 1890-7008
PublisherScandinavian University Press (PUBLISHER • NO)
DOI10.18261/issn1890-7008-2012-01-04
OpenAlexW2126546622
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited4

This study explores the relation between religion and attitudes towards human rights among young people aged 17 to 19. The data material consists of 1660 questionnaires filled out in the classrooms by upper secondary school pupils living in the capital city of Oslo and in the Stockholm/ Uppsala area. We want first to find out if there are closer relations between religion and attitudes towards human rights concerning the private sphere than for attitudes towards human rights concerning the public sphere. By rights related to the private sphere we mean views on abortion and family values and by rights related to the public sphere we mean the right to work, views on social equality, freedom of speech, political interest and environmental protection. The study also looks at differences in this regard between Christians, Muslims and a group of nonreligious. The main result is that while a closer relation can be seen between religion and attitudes concerning the private sphere than attitudes concerning the public sphere, there is no support for the assumption that this relationship is stronger amongst the Muslim sub-group

Abortion · Human rights · Political science · Politics · Private sphere · Public sphere · Sociology · Gender Studies · Law · Religion and Society Interactions · Religion, Society, and Development · Religious Education and Schools

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