'Not Reading Just Seems Crazy to Me'

Religious Youths’ Textual Ideologies of Sacred Texts

Authors

  • Dr. Eric Rackley Brigham Young University-Hawaii

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.20360/langandlit29676

Keywords:

religious literacies, textual ideologies, sacred texts, literacy practices, Latter-day Saints

Abstract

This study examines six Latter-day Saint youths’ textual ideologies of sacred texts. Inductive analyses point to three shared textual ideologies related to youths’ expectations about (a) the educative nature of sacred texts, (b) the relevance sacred texts had in their lives, and (c) the amount of time they should spend reading them. Findings support and extend existing language and literacy research by providing insights into the social and cultural forces that shape how religious youth engage with and use sacred texts. Implications of this work offer paths for future literacy research and practice.   

Author Biography

Dr. Eric Rackley, Brigham Young University-Hawaii

Eric D. Rackley is an associate professor of education in the Faculty of Teacher Education at Brigham Young University-Hawaii. He is a former secondary English teacher in the United States. His research into disciplinary literacies and religious literacies attends to the work we do to construct meaning for academic and religious purposes.

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Published

2024-03-23

How to Cite

Rackley, E. (2024). ’Not Reading Just Seems Crazy to Me’: Religious Youths’ Textual Ideologies of Sacred Texts. Language and Literacy, 26(1), 104–122. https://doi.org/10.20360/langandlit29676

Issue

Vol. 26 No. 1 (2024): Regular Issue

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