Religious socialization in Iranian Islamic girls schools
Although Iran’s educational system is not secular in character, many Iranian parents prefer to send their children to private Islamic schools. It is widely assumed that such schools are more effective in socializing their students toward the Shiite worldview. To date, no known studies have been cond...
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| description | Although Iran’s educational system is not secular in character, many Iranian parents prefer to send their children to private Islamic schools. It is widely assumed that such schools are more effective in socializing their students toward the Shiite worldview. To date, no known studies have been conducted to investigate the impacts of the Islamic schools’ formal and informal religious education on Iranian youths’ religious commitments and preferences. In short, this article focuses on how attending private Islamic schools in Iran impacts on the construction of students’ religious beliefs and attitudes. A qualitative, phenomenological methodology was employed with thirty former students of Islamic girl schools, aged 20 to 25 years old. Overall, the findings contrast somewhat with the existing literature by demonstrating that in most of our study participants, attending Islamic schools influenced future religious preferences and commitments by increasing unpleasant feelings and critical attitudes toward religion in general, and the Islamic-Shiite religious worldview specifically.
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| spelling | upm-537692018-01-16T09:39:38Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/53769/ Religious socialization in Iranian Islamic girls schools Jafari, Fakhereh Khatibi Krauss, Steven Eric Suandi, Turiman Although Iran’s educational system is not secular in character, many Iranian parents prefer to send their children to private Islamic schools. It is widely assumed that such schools are more effective in socializing their students toward the Shiite worldview. To date, no known studies have been conducted to investigate the impacts of the Islamic schools’ formal and informal religious education on Iranian youths’ religious commitments and preferences. In short, this article focuses on how attending private Islamic schools in Iran impacts on the construction of students’ religious beliefs and attitudes. A qualitative, phenomenological methodology was employed with thirty former students of Islamic girl schools, aged 20 to 25 years old. Overall, the findings contrast somewhat with the existing literature by demonstrating that in most of our study participants, attending Islamic schools influenced future religious preferences and commitments by increasing unpleasant feelings and critical attitudes toward religion in general, and the Islamic-Shiite religious worldview specifically. Canadian Center of Science and Education 2016 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/53769/1/Religious%20socialization%20in%20Iranian%20Islamic%20girls%20schools.pdf Jafari, Fakhereh Khatibi and Krauss, Steven Eric and Suandi, Turiman (2016) Religious socialization in Iranian Islamic girls schools. Asian Social Science, 12 (8). pp. 56-63. ISSN 1911-2017; ESSN: 1911-2025 http://www.ccsenet.org/journal/index.php/ass/article/view/48728 10.5539/ass.v12n8p56 |
| spellingShingle | Jafari, Fakhereh Khatibi Krauss, Steven Eric Suandi, Turiman Religious socialization in Iranian Islamic girls schools |
| title | Religious socialization in Iranian Islamic girls schools |
| title_full | Religious socialization in Iranian Islamic girls schools |
| title_fullStr | Religious socialization in Iranian Islamic girls schools |
| title_full_unstemmed | Religious socialization in Iranian Islamic girls schools |
| title_short | Religious socialization in Iranian Islamic girls schools |
| title_sort | religious socialization in iranian islamic girls schools |
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