Not at All Religious

Irreligiosity as Social Deviance in a Majority Muslim Context

Bibliographic Data

ID2152736
AuthorsAlessandra L González (0000-0002-5783-2815, Princeton University, corresponding author)
Year2016
Volume37
Issue2
Pages184-195
Publication date2016-02-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueDeviant Behavior (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0163-9625 • E-ISSN: 1521-0456
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/01639625.2014.1004032
OpenAlexW2201344344
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited15

In a majority Muslim context, where most college students are raised religiously and appear outwardly to conform to social norms in terms of dress and religious ritual, which college students are most likely to report that, in fact, they consider themselves “Not At All Religious”? When irreligiosity is treated as a measure of social deviance, does Hirschi’s theory of social control appropriately account for this demographic? I use original Islamic Social Attitudes Survey data collected from 1,139 Kuwaiti college students in 2007 to show that gender, being raised religiously, and religious experience are all significantly correlated to irreligiosity. Neither family attachment nor peer networks predicts self-reported irreligiosity like the influence of conservative Mosque Networks

Context (archaeology · Criminology · Deviance (statistics · Geography · Islam · Social control · Social environment · Social science · Sociology · Sociology of religion · Survey data collection · Mathematics · Psychology · Religion and Society Interactions · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology · Social Psychology · Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence

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