People, Programs, and Practices

Religious Literacies in the Lives of Latter-day Saint Young Adults

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ID21379733
AuthorsEric D Rackley (0000-0002-9298-9690, Brigham Young University–Hawaii, corresponding author)
Year2023
Volume118
Issue1
Pages54-68
Publication date2023-01-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueReligious Education (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0034-4087 • E-ISSN: 1547-3201
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00344087.2023.2170950
OpenAlexW4318618263
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited29

Informed by social and cultural perspectives, this article examines the religious literacies of sixteen Latter-day Saint young adults. Religious literacy for them was a deeply embedded religiosocial experience involving family, friends, and others associated with the faith (people); activities, events, and courses they participated in (programs); and specific actions they used when reading sacred texts (practices). As a framework for examining the nature of religious literacies, people, programs, and practices represent mediating forces in the development of young adults’ meaning-making work with sacred texts. Findings have implications for theorizing and studying religious literacies as social practice across faith traditions

Art · Faith · Linguistics · Literacy · Meaning (existential) · Pedagogy · Reading (process) · Religious education · SAINT · Sociology · Theology · Gender Studies · Psychology · Religion and Society Interactions · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology · Religious Education and Schools

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