31 Aralık 2024 Kitap Açık Erişim

Kurttekin, Fatma

BibTeX

@book{kurttekin_fatma_2024_274170,
  author       = {Kurttekin, Fatma},
  title        = {{Alevi-Sünni Evliliklerin Çocukların Din Eğitimine 
                   ve Aile İlişkilerine Etkileri}},
  publisher    = {Oku Okut Yayınları},
  year         = 2024,
  address      = {Ankara, Türkiye},
  month        = dec,
  note         = {{Effects of Alevi-Sunni Marriages on Children's 
                   Religious Education and Family Relations: In this
                   study, the views of parents in Alevi-Sunni
                   marriages on the phenomenon of religion and their
                   children's religious education are examined. While
                   there has been a growing body of research on the
                   role and significance of religion in Alevi-Sunni
                   families, limited attention has been paid to their
                   attitudes towards their children's religious
                   education, particularly within the context of
                   cross-religious marriages. Based on this, this
                   study aims to fill this research gap by examining
                   the perspectives of parents in Alevi-Sunni
                   marriages on their children's religious education
                   and family dynamics, using qualitative methods to
                   provide in-depth insights. Ten families living in
                   Sivas, Ankara and Tunceli, who were contacted
                   through snowball and purposive sampling,
                   participated in the study, in which qualitative
                   research techniques were used. The data used in
                   the study were collected through questionnaires
                   and semi-structured interview forms. The data was
                   analzed with the content analysis. It was
                   determined that the Alevi-Sunni difference did not
                   have a significant impact on the participants'
                   religious attitudes or their children's religious
                   education. Almost all parents stated that they
                   wanted their children to choose their own path by
                   acquiring experience and knowledge about both
                   religious interpretations/ understandings.  The
                   study identified two primary areas of difficulty
                   in Alevi-Sunni families: familial opposition to
                   the participants' decision to marry and conflicts
                   surrounding the children's religious education.
                   These tensions may stem from societal pressures to
                   conform to sectarian norms and the fear of losing
                   religious identity through cross/mixed
                   (intrafaith) marriages. Such pressures highlight
                   the need for open dialogue and acceptance within
                   families, which many participants reported as key
                   to resolving conflicts. The provision of religious
                   education in the family and the religious identity
                   of children have been discussed in a separate
                   study. Therefore, in this study, participants'
                   views on "compulsory" religious education
                   activities, which are also a subject of debate in
                   society, were evaluated. In parallel with the
                   findings in the literature, the participants'
                   opinions were grouped in three categories, namely
                   "abolishing the courses", "making the courses
                   optional", and "improving the courses along with
                   preserving their compulsory status". Following the
                   interviews, it was seen that the participants
                   could have arguments mostly due to external
                   factors, and that their own religious
                   understanding did not have any impact on family
                   life, religious attitudes or child rearing.
                   Attention was drawn to the need for freedom from
                   prejudices, acceptance of the other as he/she is,
                   honesty, trust and a communicative environment of
                   dialogue in order to reduce the tension in these
                   two areas.}},
}