Preferences for Religious Education and Inter-Group Attitudes among Indonesian Students
This article analyses Indonesian students’ preferences for different types of religious education, with the help of their personal characteristics and inter-group attitudes. We investigate a comparative understanding of Muslim, Christian and Hindu students of different types of religious education....
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
2015
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| In: |
Journal of empirical theology
Year: 2015, Volume: 28, Issue: 1, Pages: 49-89 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Indonesia
/ College student
/ Religious instruction
/ Interfaith dialogue
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| IxTheo Classification: | AH Religious education AX Inter-religious relations FB Theological education KBM Asia |
| Further subjects: | B
Comparative Research
types of religious education
inter-group attitudes
Muslims
Christians
Hindus
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| Summary: | This article analyses Indonesian students’ preferences for different types of religious education, with the help of their personal characteristics and inter-group attitudes. We investigate a comparative understanding of Muslim, Christian and Hindu students of different types of religious education. The comparative measurement of different models of religious education shows that the mono-religious model consists of all aspects of religious education. A remarkable result is that in all models, the attitudinal aspect (sometimes together with the affective) is the most dominant aspect. The cognitive aspect is absent in the inter-religious model. On average, all Muslim, Christian and Hindu students prefer the mono-religious over the inter-religious model. For the mono-religious model, the negative evaluation of religious plurality is the strongest predictor; and indeed, is the only aspect to contribute to the preference for the mono-religious model among Muslims. The attitude towards pluralism is the most important predictor of the preference for a mono-religious model among Christians. This result is in contrast with our hypothesis. As for Hindu respondents, the centrality of own religion has the most positive correlation with the mono-religious model. Pluralism is the most influential factor for the inter-religious model among all groups. |
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| ISSN: | 1570-9256 |
| Contains: | In: Journal of empirical theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15709256-12341324 |