CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2022
| Author | Sabirova, Gulnaz |
|---|---|
| Title | Changing religious identity of Muslim youth: case of Moscow, Russia residing youth |
| Summary | It is common sense that Muslims follow religious practices more strictly than the Christians. Islam is also an instrument of identification, a form of religious nationalism for many ethnic groups. Religion provides a sense of belonging, but new circumstances often activate the transformation process and new social identities can be developed. This thesis investigates changing religiosity of Muslim immi-grants in Russian cities. The first part of the thesis explores the concept of changing religious identity and its research appro-priate measurements. Next, it explains how people with religious backgrounds adopt a new religious identity and what are the factors that influence said changes. The second half of the thesis tests these factors through a series of in-depth semi-structured interviews with 18-30 years old young adults coming from Russian Muslim origin households. The thesis finds that major factors that influence religious identity changes can be primarily classified as individualistic and based on the cost-benefits analysis, but their showing heavily depends on the gender and the ethnic group of a respondent. |
| Supervisor | Sata, Robert |
| Department | Political Science MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2022/sabirova_gulnaz.pdf |
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