Religious identity is a specific type of identity formation. Particularly, it is the sense of group membership to a religion and the importance of this...

becoming less religious, with one out of every seven Americans failing to indicate a religious identity in 2008. The "Nones" (no stated religious preference...

Identity formation, also called identity development or identity construction, is a complex process in which humans develop a clear and unique view of...

identity does not rely on whether one is recognized as Jewish by others or by external religious, legal, or sociological standards. Jewish identity does...

regional and in historical contexts, tribal. Arab identity is defined independently of religious identity, and pre-dates the spread of Islam and before spread...

Debié, Muriel (2009). "Syriac Historiography and Identity Formation". Church History and Religious Culture. 89 (1–3): 93–114. doi:10.1163/187124109X408014...

party on 20 August 2023. The National-Religious Party supports strengthening Israel's Jewish religious identity, and is opposed to any territorial concessions...

similar religious beliefs Institute of consecrated life, a Catholic association bound by vows Religious identity, the sense of membership in a religious group...

Shi'a Islam to Sunni Islam. In some cases, religious conversion "marks a transformation of religious identity and is symbolized by special rituals". People...

an individual's "sameness with others". Identity encompasses various aspects such as occupational, religious, national, ethnic or racial, gender, educational...

earlier religious identities. These SBNRs embrace the "spiritual but not religious" label and are eager to find a completely new religious identity or alternative...

Throughout these periods, Sunni Islam became entrenched as the dominant religious identity, with Al-Azhar emerging as a preeminent center of Sunni Islamic learning...

historically maintained a strong sense of Egyptian identity, which has played a role in their cultural and religious expression. Throughout history, Copts have...

Hindu self-identity within the local Indian population, in a religious or cultural sense, is unclear. Competing theories state that Hindu identity developed...

an ethno-religious community, that is, as distinct from any other group. In general, ethnoreligious communities define their ethnic identity by their...

contends that precolonial India was marked by a fluidity of religious identity and that religious boundaries were not always clear-cut. This led to a degree...

distanced itself from its "religious" aspects by the 1960s. Instead, it emphasized humanism less as a religious identity and more as a practical label...

sense, Parsi is an ethno-religious designator, whose definition is of contention among its members, similar to the identity question among Jews. Some...

by many of its practitioners as a type of (sometimes non-theistic) religious identity. It has its own scriptures, a monthly "feast of reason" on the Twentieth...

Promotion and reception of identity. Editorial of the first section in the special issue on Tourism, religious identity and cultural heritage, in Church...

original religious identity develop into something more surface-level or symbolic. Some dominant cultures may exert pressures for religious assimilation so...

the identity of Māori people. Māori identity can be defined independently of religious identity; Māori are a diverse group in terms of religious affiliations...

generally did not define themselves exclusively through their religious beliefs; instead identities were largely segmented on the basis of locality, language...

Kurds consider their religious identity as being as important as their national identity, 29% consider their religious identity to be more important while...

traditional beliefs and other faiths comprising a smaller share. Religious identity, often tied to ethnicity and region, drives both community cohesion...

Sarnaism. Sarnaism, as a religious identity, emerged in the 1930s, following the assertion of a collective indigenous identity as Adivasi by tribal activists...

to religious nationalism, which may stand as a more authentic or "traditional" rendering of identity. Thus, there was a global rise of religious nationalism...

observant. Nasr's assertion was part of a broader discussion on Jinnah’s religious identity, as his personal views on religion were often kept private, and his...

The list of religious populations article provides a comprehensive overview of the distribution and size of religious groups around the world. This article...

The Lingayats are a monotheistic religious denomination of Hinduism. Lingayats are also known as liṅgāyataru, liṅgavanta, vīraśaiva, liṅgadhāri. Lingayats...