Adolescent religious engagement and democracy: A comparison of student attitudes in Hong Kong and South Korea

Adolescent religious engagement and democracy: A comparison of student attitudes in Hong Kong and South Korea

• Cheung, Hin Wah Chris The Education University of Hong Kong
• Lee, Chi Kin John The Education University of Hong Kong
• Kennedy, Kerry John The Hong Kong Institue of Education
• Kuang, Xiaoxue The Education University of Hong Kong

Compare, 2020

Routledge

2020

• P Social Context of Education
  • PF Religion & Education; Philosophy & Education ; Educational Thought
• P Social Context of Education
  • PB Comparative Education

Religious Engagement Hong Kong South Korea Secondary Students Citizenship

• Hong Kong
• South Korea

• 1997.7 onwards

• Unknown or Unspecified

Although the development of Asia adolescents’ citizenship values has been widely discussed, limited attention has been paid for the role of religion in shaping those values. The possibility has been suggested that Asian religious contexts may be understood differently from those in the West and research findings in those contexts are not necessarily applicable to Asia. This study, therefore, sought to understand further the association between the religious engagement of Asian adolescents’ and democratic values. The results indicated that attitudes to equality were moderately influenced by an understanding of democracy while religious engagement showed small, negative or non-significant associations with equality. Students’ understanding of democracy did not mediate the effect of students’ religious engagement. These results provide further support for the view that in Asian contexts religious engagement may not necessarily provide a conductive environment for supporting traditional democratic values. Copyright © 2020 British Association for International and Comparative Education.

• English

Journal Articles

• 03057925

• 10.1080/03057925.2020.1834837

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2021-01-15