Marginalized Spiritualities: faith and religion among young people in socially deprived Britain

边缘化的灵性：社会贫困的英国年轻人的信仰和宗教

• 批准号: AH/G014078/1
• 负责人: Elizabeth Olson
• 金额: $ 31万
• 依托单位: University of Edinburgh
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2009
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2009 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=AH%2FG014078%2F1
• 关键词: Marginalized; Spiritualities; faith; religion; among

The purpose of this project is to explore the religious and spiritual lives of young people living in socially deprived Britain. Research has shown that traditional measures of religion, such as service attendance, fail to reflect the religious or spiritual lives of young people. Though it appears that young people in socially deprived areas engage with traditional religious practices at very low rates of participation, little is known about the spiritual lives of these young people - what they believe, where they experience sacredness, or what they think of traditional structures and institutions. This study is therefore timely, as it aims to examine how young people experience and understand religion and spirituality in socially deprived places, and how religious leadership, the broader community, and the youth themselves construct new spiritual and religious landscapes. Data collection and analysis will be organized around three intersecting questions. First, how do young people living in socially deprived communities understand and experience religion and spirituality in their daily lives? We will analyze the identities, practices, and understandings of religion and spirituality embraced by young people. Second, how do places of social deprivation shape the ways that young people engage with and define religion and spirituality? We will examine and compare religious and spiritual experiences of young people who face different conditions of marginalization. Third, what are the new religious or spiritual places being created by young people, and how do these intersect with traditional spaces of religion and spirituality? We will explore spaces of spiritual well-being and religious engagement amongst young people, and the historical and contemporary roles of traditional religious organizations in the security of individual and collective well-being within the broader community. The findings will contribute to better understandings of the geography and sociology of contemporary religion; the links between deprivation, place and religiosity; and the active religious and spiritual agency of young people.The research methods selected for the project are qualitative and participatory, with data collection focused on two deprived wards in Glasgow, Scotland and Manchester, England. A series of interviews will be conducted with young people 16-25 in order to explore their religious and spiritual perspectives. Intensive group work will also take place with two 'production teams' from each city, who will receive training in multimedia production and work with the researchers to produce images, video and audio to express their perspectives on religion and spirituality in their communities. Participants will be drawn from all and/or no faith backgrounds, and will be accessed through local collaborating organizations and agencies. Academic outputs will include a minimum of four journal articles and a book manuscript. Three concluding workshops will provide an outlet at which young participants will present their multimedia findings to representatives of various faith groups, relevant government organizations, and members of their own communities. The multimedia will also be incorporated into the project website, along with other outputs including a plain-language summary of findings. The participatory elements of the research will insure that the data collected accurately reflects the views of young people, while providing an opportunity for young people to tell their own stories in their own voices.

这个项目的目的是探索生活在社会贫困的英国年轻人的宗教和精神生活。研究表明，传统的宗教衡量标准，如礼拜出勤率，无法反映年轻人的宗教或精神生活。尽管社会贫困地区的年轻人参与传统宗教活动的比例似乎很低，但人们对这些年轻人的精神生活知之甚少--他们的信仰是什么，他们在哪里体验神圣，或者他们对传统结构和机构的看法。因此，这项研究是及时的，因为它旨在审查年轻人如何在社会贫困的地方体验和理解宗教和灵性，以及宗教领袖、更广泛的社区和青年本身如何构建新的精神和宗教景观。数据收集和分析将围绕三个相互交叉的问题进行组织。首先，生活在社会贫困社区的年轻人在日常生活中如何理解和体验宗教和灵性？我们将分析年轻人对宗教和灵性的认同、实践和理解。第二，社会剥夺的地方如何塑造年轻人参与和定义宗教和精神的方式？我们将审查和比较面临不同边缘化状况的年轻人的宗教和精神经历。第三，年轻人正在创造的新的宗教或精神场所是什么，这些地方与传统的宗教和精神空间是如何相交的？我们将探索年轻人的精神福祉和宗教参与的空间，以及传统宗教组织在更广泛的社区中保障个人和集体福祉方面的历史和当代作用。这些发现将有助于更好地理解当代宗教的地理和社会学；贫困、地点和宗教信仰之间的联系；以及年轻人积极的宗教和精神机构。为该项目选择的研究方法是定性和参与性的，数据收集集中在苏格兰格拉斯哥和英格兰曼彻斯特的两个贫困地区。将对16-25岁的年轻人进行一系列访谈，以探索他们的宗教和精神观点。每个城市的两个“制作小组”还将进行密集的小组工作，他们将接受多媒体制作方面的培训，并与研究人员合作制作图像、视频和音频，以表达他们对所在社区的宗教和精神的看法。参与者将来自所有和/或非宗教背景，并将通过当地的合作组织和机构进入。学术成果将包括至少四篇期刊论文和一本书手稿。三个总结工作坊将提供一个渠道，让年轻参与者向不同信仰团体的代表、相关政府组织和自己社区的成员介绍他们的多媒体调查结果。多媒体还将与包括调查结果简明语言摘要在内的其他产出一起纳入项目网站。研究的参与性因素将确保收集的数据准确地反映年轻人的观点，同时为年轻人提供一个用自己的声音讲述自己故事的机会。