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- Title
FAITH, SCIENCE, AND NONRELIGIOUS IDENTITY FORMATION AMONG MALE KENYAN YOUTH.
- Authors
Muriithi Ndereba, Kevin
- Abstract
The faith and science dialogue has received scholarly attention in the recent past. Within the African landscape at large, the underlying assumption has been that Africans are religious. However, there has been a rising cohort of Africans who are increasingly identified as nonreligious or atheist or agnostic. This research presents a qualitative analysis of the sociocultural factors that affect or influence these minority identities within a pluralistic African context, exploring their emergence and diversities within the African context, with a specific focus on 20 male Kenyan youth who are identified as nonreligious. This research utilized purposive sampling within nonreligious groups and networks. Second, this research aims at exploring how nonreligious identities are constructed, particularly given the concomitant issues surrounding emerging adulthood and new media. This builds up on the theories around youth and identity formation, while foregrounding science and belief as a central theme of study.
- Subjects
AFRICA; KENYANS; IDENTITY (Psychology); TRANSITION to adulthood; YOUNG adults; SOCIOCULTURAL factors; MASCULINE identity
- Publication
Zygon: Journal of Religion & Science, 2023, Vol 58, Issue 1, p45
- ISSN
0591-2385
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/zygo.12848