The Relationship between Religious Programs Exposure and Egyptian Youth Religious Identity

Abstract

Religious media underwent many changes during the past decade; Islamic media was redefined and went beyond conventional boundaries. Recently, advocators of religious discourse reform are blamed for increasing atheism rate in Arab countries as they present critical discussions of theological issues to the public. This raises the importance of investigating youth religious identity. Thus, this thesis is aimed at studying how different religious programs could affect Egyptian youth religious identity. A mixed-method research of complementary quantitative and qualitative studies was conducted. The quantitative study was aimed at testing different study hypotheses. The qualitative study (in-depth interviews) was used to draw a picture of how the exposure to Islamic discourse can contribute to the perceived threat of t