Religiosity among Indigenous Peoples: A Study of Cordilleran Youth in the Philippines
Religions are a set of beliefs, attitudes, and practices about transcendence. They are formed by complex social and cultural rituals and customs. Given that religion is also vital to the Indigenous Peoples, this study employed the Centrality of Religiosity Scale (CRS) to measure and understand the n...
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| author | Fides A. Del Castillo Inna Reddy Edara Gregory S. Ching Jeramie Molino Rico Jacoba Clarence Darro B. Del Castillo |
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| description | Religions are a set of beliefs, attitudes, and practices about transcendence. They are formed by complex social and cultural rituals and customs. Given that religion is also vital to the Indigenous Peoples, this study employed the Centrality of Religiosity Scale (CRS) to measure and understand the nuances of the religiosity of the Indigenous youth of Cordillera, also known as Igorots, in the Philippines. The Cordilleran youth’s religiosity is particularly interesting to the researchers because their autochthonous religion is marked by a cosmology that includes hundreds of deities and elaborate rituals accompanying personal and social events. Data collected from 151 university students showed that Cordilleran youth are highly religious, and those living in rural areas are more religious than the younger participants. The Cordilleran youth strongly prefer private practice and scored high in the ideology dimension of CRS. They tend to devote themselves to transcendence in their personal space through individualized activities and rituals. This study also found that the religiosity of the select Cordilleran youth was ambivalent, defined as the coexistence of different ideas or feelings in the mind or a single context. It shows the inter-religiosity of the Indigenous youth as expressed in the engagement of religious practices. This paper discussed these significant results and explored their implications for the Indigenous Peoples and the Cordilleran youth. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c367518168274a5dbdf991e23bf56c922023-11-18T12:23:20ZengMDPI AGReligions2077-14442023-06-0114675110.3390/rel14060751Religiosity among Indigenous Peoples: A Study of Cordilleran Youth in the PhilippinesFides A. Del Castillo0Inna Reddy Edara1Gregory S. Ching2Jeramie Molino3Rico Jacoba4Clarence Darro B. Del Castillo5School of Innovation & Sustainability, De La Salle University, Binan 4024, PhilippinesGraduate Institute of Educational Leadership and Development, Fu Jen Catholic University, New Taipei City 24205, TaiwanGraduate Institute of Educational Administration and Policy, National Chengchi University, Taipei 116011, TaiwanSchool of Teacher Education and Liberal Arts, St. Louis University, Baguio City 2600, PhilippinesSchool of Teacher Education and Liberal Arts, St. Louis University, Baguio City 2600, PhilippinesAdministration Office, Lumina Foundation for Integral Human Development, Calamba City 4027, PhilippinesReligions are a set of beliefs, attitudes, and practices about transcendence. They are formed by complex social and cultural rituals and customs. Given that religion is also vital to the Indigenous Peoples, this study employed the Centrality of Religiosity Scale (CRS) to measure and understand the nuances of the religiosity of the Indigenous youth of Cordillera, also known as Igorots, in the Philippines. The Cordilleran youth’s religiosity is particularly interesting to the researchers because their autochthonous religion is marked by a cosmology that includes hundreds of deities and elaborate rituals accompanying personal and social events. Data collected from 151 university students showed that Cordilleran youth are highly religious, and those living in rural areas are more religious than the younger participants. The Cordilleran youth strongly prefer private practice and scored high in the ideology dimension of CRS. They tend to devote themselves to transcendence in their personal space through individualized activities and rituals. This study also found that the religiosity of the select Cordilleran youth was ambivalent, defined as the coexistence of different ideas or feelings in the mind or a single context. It shows the inter-religiosity of the Indigenous youth as expressed in the engagement of religious practices. This paper discussed these significant results and explored their implications for the Indigenous Peoples and the Cordilleran youth.https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/14/6/751Indigenous PeoplesCordilleran youthreligiosityinter-religiosityambivalence |
| spellingShingle | Fides A. Del Castillo Inna Reddy Edara Gregory S. Ching Jeramie Molino Rico Jacoba Clarence Darro B. Del Castillo Religiosity among Indigenous Peoples: A Study of Cordilleran Youth in the Philippines Religions Indigenous Peoples Cordilleran youth religiosity inter-religiosity ambivalence |
| title | Religiosity among Indigenous Peoples: A Study of Cordilleran Youth in the Philippines |
| title_full | Religiosity among Indigenous Peoples: A Study of Cordilleran Youth in the Philippines |
| title_fullStr | Religiosity among Indigenous Peoples: A Study of Cordilleran Youth in the Philippines |
| title_full_unstemmed | Religiosity among Indigenous Peoples: A Study of Cordilleran Youth in the Philippines |
| title_short | Religiosity among Indigenous Peoples: A Study of Cordilleran Youth in the Philippines |
| title_sort | religiosity among indigenous peoples a study of cordilleran youth in the philippines |
| topic | Indigenous Peoples Cordilleran youth religiosity inter-religiosity ambivalence |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/14/6/751 |
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