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Strategies among yo...
Abstract
Ämnesord
Stäng
- Sweden is among the most secular countries in the world and Jehovah’s Witness is a fundamentalist Christian organization with an ambition to present its interpretation of the Bible as truth. Emerging adults in Jehovah’s Witness are expected to behave and believe according to rules and a view of life which distinguish them from the values and teachings of the Swedish school. The aim of the paper is to present strategies and reflections among Jehovah’s Witnesses in Swedish secondary school to meet the expectations of the religious community, when these are in conflict with the values and teachings of the school. Interviews with eleven former Jehovah’s Witnesses, now adults, have been conducted in the tradition of grounded theory. Strategies found where; 1) to stand up for their belief; 2) double standard and 3) flight. The reflections concern what it is to be an authentic person and the social context.
Ämnesord
- SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP -- Sociologi -- Socialt arbete (hsv//swe)
- SOCIAL SCIENCES -- Sociology -- Social Work (hsv//eng)
- HUMANIORA -- Filosofi, etik och religion -- Religionsvetenskap (hsv//swe)
- HUMANITIES -- Philosophy, Ethics and Religion -- Religious Studies (hsv//eng)
Nyckelord
- Jehovah’s Witnesses
- emerging adults
- strategies
- secondary school
- Sweden
- Att vara Jehovas vittne på ett svenskt sekulärt högstadium - en studie om krockar mellan fundamentalism och sekularism
Publikations- och innehållstyp
- ref (ämneskategori)
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