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This chapter considers, from the student’s perspective, whether the schools (including the non-faith schools) might impact on their students’ attitudes of tolerance through the formation of a religious (social) identity, as well as the extent to which the school is involved in the creation of the social identity. The school’s role in the formation of the religious identity appears to be complex, with student responses indicating that attendance at a faith school does not necessarily increase identification with the faith.
Faith school students did consider that their school had influenced their faith formation, usually in a positive way, but parents were seen as the major influence. This supports the view that schools are reinforcing the identity established at home, rather than creating it.
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Linear regression.
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Yasmin, Hussain, Noor, Zainab(MI).
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Hassan(NFS); Grace (RCS).
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Yasmin, Ibrahim, Hussain, Noor(MI).
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Grace (RCS).
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Christina, Jon, Gregory(RCI).
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Nick, Anna, Esther(ECI).
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Noor, Ibrahim, Suliman, Yasmin, Saira(MI).
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The precise nature of the prohibition varies between different Islamic interpretations see (Friedman 2003).
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Saira, Yousef, Hussain(MI).
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Esther(ECI); Rhianna(RCS).
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Esther(ECI).
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Suliman, Hussain, Zainab, Ibrahim(MI); Luke, Anna, Ben, Esther, Rebecca(ECI).
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Noor, Yasmin(MI).
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Emily, Harriet, Jon, Christina(RCI).
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Gregory, Matt, Mark(RCI).
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Yasmin, Saira, Yousef, Hussain, Noor, Zainab(MI).
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Yasmin, Noor(MI).
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Yasmin, Noor(MI).
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Zainab(MI).
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Yasmin, Saira, Noor, Zainab(MI).
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Yasmin, Saira(MI).
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Zainab, Yasmin, Saira, Hussain, Noor(MI).
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Georgina, Hugh(NFI).
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Matt, Emily(RCI); Luke(ECI).
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Edward, Louisa(NFS).
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Pippa, Hugh, Georgina, Anthony(NFI).
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Rhys, Jennifer(RCS).
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Rebecca, Esther, Laurence(ECI).
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Yasmin, Noor, Zainab(MI).
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Suliman, Yasmin, Saira, Hussain, Noor(MI).
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A number of synonyms were used; extreme, Orthodox Christian.
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Christina, Annabel(RCI); Anna(ECI); Georgina, Pippa, Anthony(NFI).
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Chantelle(NFS); Rebecca, Esther, Luke(ECI); Grace (RCS).
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Hindi/Urdu word for hat, but also used specifically for the small brimless hat worn by males in the Mosque.
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Pippa(NFI).
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It was felt that this issue might be sensitive particularly in the MI school, in light of the fact that apostasy in some Muslim interpretations is punishable by death.
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Matt, Harriet, Jon, Mark(RCI); Luke, Anna, Laurence, Esther, Nick(ECI); Danny, Joseph, Hannah, Grace (RCS).
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Informal discussion with 6th form students (RCI).
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Zainab(MI).
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Interview question: who do you think has had the most influence on your religious and/or moral beliefs?
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Yousef(MI). All of the students had attended supplementary religious schools.
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Deputy Head and Head of Year 10 (RCS).
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Mark(MI).
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Christian Living Teacher, Head of Christian Living (RCI).
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Luke(ECI); Emily(RCI).
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Sarah(ECI).
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Janmaat, J.G., Vickers, E., Everett, H. (2018). The Students’ Religious Identity. In: Janmaat, J., Vickers, E., Everett, H. (eds) Faith Schools, Tolerance and Diversity. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-69566-2_4
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