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Subject: CALLING ALL MIXED FAITH FAMILIES! Author: Dr. Eleanor Nesbitt [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] Date Posted: Mon, May 22 2006, 10:49:11-4 Press release Investigating the Religious Identity Formation of Young People in Mixed-Faith Families The Arts and Humanities Research Council has awarded £158, 580 for a new research project based in the Warwick Religions and Education Research Unit, Institute of Education, University of Warwick. The three-year study is focusing on the experience of families in which parents belong to different faiths e.g. a Hindu father and a Christian mother. It is looking at how young people in mixed-faith families come to identify themselves in relation to their parents' religions, and the factors that influence their own religious beliefs. Questions to be answered include 'how do upbringing and teaching (e.g. in religious education) affect young people's religious identity?' The project will run from June 2006 to May 2009. The focus will be mainly on 8 to 13 year olds, and the four faiths concerned are Christianity, Hinduism, Islam and Sikhism, although the issues are likely to be relevant more widely. Increasing numbers of families are 'mixed-faith', yet people are generally assumed to belong to only one religion and religious education in schools present faiths communities as distinct. The researchers hope to discover how young people's developing relationship with their parents' faiths compares with what their parents wish or assume to be the case. The study is UK-wide and data will be collected by email as well as through face to face interviewing. Dr Eleanor Nesbitt, who is directing the project, explains, 'This project gives a voice to the growing number of mixed-faith families. It challenges stereotypical views of religions as totally separate from each other and will contribute to our understanding of processes underway as individuals negotiate religious and cultural difference. It adds to the University of Warwick's impressive record of ethnographic study of faith communities.' Participants' anonymity and confidentiality are assured. Families willing to take part in the research, and others who are interested, are encouraged to contact Dr Eleanor Nesbitt, Institute of Education, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL eleanor.nesbitt@warwick.ac.uk [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]