Asian Religions According to Italian Teenagers

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dc.identifier	ECF_article_12056
dc.title	Asian Religions According to Italian Teenagers. Context, Analysis and Reflections on a Trend Towards the ‘Global Market Regime’
dc.contributor.author	Lapis Giovanni
dc.publisher	Edizioni Ca’ Foscari - Venice University Press, Fondazione Università Ca’ Foscari
dc.type	Research Article
dc.language.iso	it
dc.identifier.uri	http://edizionicafoscari.it/en/edizioni4/riviste/annali-di-ca-foscari-serie-orientale/2023/1/le-religioni-asiatiche-secondo-gli-adolescenti-ita/
dc.description.abstract	Research on the cultural influence of Asian religions in Western countries tends to overlook younger actors as receivers and producers of innovation. By applying a theoretical framework that highlights the cultural role of nationalism, neoliberalism and consumerism in shaping religious behaviour, the article analyses, through interviews, the interpretation of Asian religions among a purposive sample of adolescents and put them within the larger context of the physical and mediatic presence of these religions in society. It argues that these adolescents further align themselves with those trends in Italian society which follow the so-called ‘Global Market Regime’. It also provides reflections on the implications of this situation concerning religious and intercultural education.
dc.relation.ispartof	Annali di Ca’ Foscari. Serie orientale
dc.relation.ispartof	Vol. 59 \| June 2023
dc.issued	2023-08-29
dc.dateAccepted	2023-05-17
dc.dateSubmitted	2022-11-29
dc.identifier.issn
dc.identifier.eissn	2385-3042
dc.rights	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.identifier.doi	10.30687/AnnOr/2385-3042/2023/01/025
dc.peer-review	yes
dc.subject	Adolescents
dc.subject	Asian religions in Italy
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	Neoliberalism and Consumerism
dc.subject	Religious change

Research Article
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Context, Analysis and Reflections on a Trend Towards the ‘Global Market Regime’

Giovanni Lapis Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia, Italia

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abstract

Research on the cultural influence of Asian religions in Western countries tends to overlook younger actors as receivers and producers of innovation. By applying a theoretical framework that highlights the cultural role of nationalism, neoliberalism and consumerism in shaping religious behaviour, the article analyses, through interviews, the interpretation of Asian religions among a purposive sample of adolescents and put them within the larger context of the physical and mediatic presence of these religions in society. It argues that these adolescents further align themselves with those trends in Italian society which follow the so-called ‘Global Market Regime’. It also provides reflections on the implications of this situation concerning religious and intercultural education.

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Aug. 29, 2023

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May 17, 2023

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Nov. 29, 2022

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Keywords: Neoliberalism and Consumerism • Education • Asian religions in Italy • Religious change • Adolescents

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