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The influence of religious motivations on young people`s civic engagement

  • With respect to religious motivations for political participation and civic engagement, scholars have set their focus on social capital and the recruiting potential for volunteers inside religious communities. Less attention has been paid to individual religious impulses, but also to reasons for which people step out from deliberative processes, especially in regard to the Eastern European Orthodox cultural context. We are approaching this under-explored research field in this dissertation, with focus on the Romanian city of Timișoara, and look at three particular aspects: the influence of religious perceptions on political protests (analysis of the 1989 revolution), the manner in which religion motivates young people to volunteer (view on a local community project) and factors determining people to retreat from public engagement (analysis of citizens` local committees). The research methods are qualitative - interviews, group discussions and analytical interpretation. Results show that non- or less religious young people areWith respect to religious motivations for political participation and civic engagement, scholars have set their focus on social capital and the recruiting potential for volunteers inside religious communities. Less attention has been paid to individual religious impulses, but also to reasons for which people step out from deliberative processes, especially in regard to the Eastern European Orthodox cultural context. We are approaching this under-explored research field in this dissertation, with focus on the Romanian city of Timișoara, and look at three particular aspects: the influence of religious perceptions on political protests (analysis of the 1989 revolution), the manner in which religion motivates young people to volunteer (view on a local community project) and factors determining people to retreat from public engagement (analysis of citizens` local committees). The research methods are qualitative - interviews, group discussions and analytical interpretation. Results show that non- or less religious young people are encouraged to protest by an indefinable supernatural force and motivated by moral interests (need for dignity and a fair treatment / procedural justice), more than material ones (distributive justice). When engaging in the community, the impulse partially comes from an intrinsic spirituality and a privatized experience with the divine. Giving up civic engagement has nothing to do with remuneration, but with the need for freedom of expression and moral appreciation.show moreshow less

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Author:Adrian SchiffbeckORCiD
URN:urn:nbn:de:bvb:739-opus4-10291
Advisor:Mariano Barbato, Daniel Göler
Document Type:Doctoral Thesis
Language:English
Year of Completion:2021
Date of Publication (online):2021/12/22
Date of first Publication:2021/12/22
Publishing Institution:Universität Passau
Granting Institution:Universität Passau, Philosophische Fakultät
Date of final exam:2021/11/12
Release Date:2021/12/22
Tag:Bürgerbeteiligung, Jugend, Motivation, Protest, Unsichtbare Religion
Civic engagement, Community, Motivation, Religion, Protest, Young people
GND Keyword:RumänienGND; Soziales EngagementGND; ReligionGND; JugendGND
Page Number:43 Seiten
Institutes:Philosophische Fakultät
Dewey Decimal Classification:3 Sozialwissenschaften / 32 Politikwissenschaft / 320 Politikwissenschaft
open_access (DINI-Set):open_access
Licence (German):License LogoCreative Commons - CC BY - Namensnennung 4.0 International