Religious Educator: Perspectives on the Restored Gospel
Keywords
literacy, youth, Latter-day Saint, scriptures
Document Type
Article
Abstract
Although we are learning more about how young people make sense of religious truths, there is a conspicuous dearth of research examining the meaning-making practices of Latter-day Saint youth. As a result, it is unclear, for example, how Latter-day Saint youth read scripture. What’s working for them? What’s not? How do we know? “Faith without understanding” may be the sardonic standard for religious literacy in the United States, but I am confident that in the Church we can do better. We can help youth develop faith and understanding. Without a clearly articulated conception of religious literacy, however, the Church may be unintentionally leaving religious educators without a clear framework to guide youths’ construction of gospel knowledge and the development of their faith. In this article I offer a sociocultural model of religious literacies that addresses the following questions
BYU ScholarsArchive Citation
Rackley, Eric D. "Religious Literacies as Social Practice: A Latterday Saint Perspective." Religious Educator: Perspectives on the Restored Gospel 19, no. 3 (2018): 57-73. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/re/vol19/iss3/7