Uskonto, katsomus ja kasvatus on avoin, vertaisarvioitu (JUFO 1) tieteellinen aikakausjulkaisu, jota julkaisee Uskonnon, katsomuksen ja kasvatuksen tutkimusseura (UKKT).
A Special Issue In: Journal for the Study of Religion, Worldviews, and Education
Guest Editors-In-Chief: Tiia Liuski (University of Eastern Finland) and Antti-Tuomas Pulkka (Finnish National Defence University, Finland)
The issue is based on a closed call for contributions.
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Guest Editor-In-Chief: Caroline Klintborg
Call for Papers
This themed issue explores confirmation as a religious rite of passage in the context of a plural and changing Europe. While confirmation has deep historical roots within Christian traditions, its contemporary expressions are increasingly shaped by religious diversity, secularization, shifting youth cultures, and evolving relationships between church, society, and education.
We invite contributions that revisit confirmation in light of present-day European contexts, examining how young people engage with, interpret, negotiate, or distance themselves from confirmation practices today. The issue seeks to highlight both continuity and change, addressing confirmation as a lived practice, an institutional tradition, and a social phenomenon.
Submissions may be based on quantitative and/or qualitative empirical material, including surveys, interviews, ethnographic studies, and mixed-methods approaches. Contributions offering historical perspectives are also welcome, particularly where they shed light on contemporary developments or long-term transformations of confirmation practices.
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
The themed issue welcomes interdisciplinary contributions from theology, religious education, sociology of religion, history, and related fields. By revisiting confirmation as a rite in a plural Europe, the issue aims to contribute to broader discussions on youth, religion, and tradition in contemporary European societies. The publication is open access.
