RT Article
T1 Culture, structure, and rational interests in interdenominational networking: a case study of Romanian Orthodox Seminarians
JF Journal of beliefs and values
VO 42
IS 1
SP 124
OP 141
A1 Tudor, Mihaela Alexandra ca. 20./21. Jh.
A1 Simion, Denise Elaine Burrill
A2 Simion, Denise Elaine Burrill
LA English
YR 2021
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1744992770
AB This article is a snapshot of the current attitudes manifested by the Romanian Orthodox seminarians towards interdenominational networking from the perspectives of individual interests, cultural representation, and institutional structure. Using the interdenominational networking as a social platform, the article considers the tension between rational choice and structuralism, whereby an Orthodox seminarian navigates between individual interests and institutional constrains; while also instrumentalizing cultural representation. For this purpose, a face-to-face survey was administered to 133 Protestant and Orthodox seminarians in Romania enrolled as fulltime students in the pastoral theology programmes at five theological seminaries. The contribution of this research lies in the fact that the data we collected and analysed serves as a social barometer revealing not only the restrained attitudes of the Romanian Orthodox seminarians towards interdenominational networking, but also their inability to bypass the deep-seated religious prejudice due to indoctrination and competition for credibility.
K1 Culture
K1 Romanian orthodox seminarians
K1 interdenominational networking
K1 Rational Choice
DO 10.1080/13617672.2020.1780392