Rubina Ramji is associate professor of religious studies at Cape Breton University and a co-editor and contributor of the book.
via McGill-Queen’s University Press – A ground-breaking, comparative study of how second-generation young adults from immigrant families relate to the religions of their backgrounds.
A significant number of Canadian-raised children from post-1970s immigrant families have reached adulthood over the past decade. As a result, the demographics of religious affiliation are changing across Canada. Growing Up Canadian is the first comparative study of religion among young adults of Muslim, Hindu, and Buddhist immigrant families.
Contributors consider how relating to religion varies significantly depending on which faith is in question, how men and women have different views on the role of religion in their lives, and how the possibilities of being religiously different are greater in larger urban centres than in surrounding rural communities. Interviews with over two hundred individuals, aged 18 to 26, reveal that few are drawn to militant, politicized religious extremes, how almost all second generation young adults take personal responsibility for their religion, and want to understand the reasons for their beliefs and practices.
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Peter Beyer is professor of religious studies at the University of Ottawa.
Rubina Ramji is associate professor of religious studies at Cape Breton University.
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