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A Study of the Relationship Between Racial and Religious Identities

Daniels Smith, Anisi
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1524615640339724

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2018, PHD, Kent State University, College of Arts and Sciences / Department of Sociology and Criminology.
Race and religion are two areas of sociological study that provide significant insight into how individuals and groups construct, enact, and maintain their identities. Both racial and religious identities are accompanied by symbolic belief systems, and both are believed to be integral to the social experiences of those who inhabit these identities. This research seeks to understand the relationships among race and religion as they relate to identity theory. Identity theory has its roots in the symbolic interactionist tradition, and it seeks to empirically examine the axiom that society shapes the self, and the self shapes social behavior. Within this framework, Stryker (1980) proposed a structural symbolic interactionist perspective which states that social structures impact identity prominence, the importance of an identity, and identity salience, the likelihood that an individual will invoke a particular identity across various situations. Stryker and Serpe (1982) demonstrate that the time spent enacting a religious role as well as the associated activities dedicated to that role are related to the salience of the identity that is associated with that role. A significant body of research indicates that the enactment of religious roles varies by racial and ethnic identity (Emerson, Korver-Glenn and Douds 2015; Taylor et al. 1996; Wilde and Glassman, 2016). Using data from the Religion and Identity survey, this research will explore the effects of racial and religious identities on behavior by examining: 1) the relationships between racial and religious identities, 2) the role of identity salience and identity prominence in the integration of racial and religious identities, and 3) how the integration of racial and religious identities influences ethical positioning and moral foundations.
Richard Serpe, Ph.D. (Committee Chair)
75 p.
Religion; Sociology
Race; religion, identity theory

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  • Daniels Smith, A. (2018). A Study of the Relationship Between Racial and Religious Identities [Doctoral dissertation, Kent State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1524615640339724

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Daniels Smith, Anisi. A Study of the Relationship Between Racial and Religious Identities. 2018. Kent State University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1524615640339724.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Daniels Smith, Anisi. "A Study of the Relationship Between Racial and Religious Identities." Doctoral dissertation, Kent State University, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1524615640339724

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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