This critical content analysis draws on a dataset of contemporary young adult texts receiving awards between 2012 and 2023 to examine opportunities for religiously informed alterity for readers, which we argue can be a productive experience for building critical religious literacy in young adult readers. We argue that young adult literature can serve as models of critical religious literacies when authors, characters, and historical figures engage in conflicted meaning-making as they experience slippages between their lived experiences and their religious and secular beliefs. The study aims to develop a framework for developing religious literacy that draws specifically on identity-laden and critical theories of literacy common within the English language arts. Furthermore, this study provides literacy scholars and practitioners with a robust set of textual resources that can be employed to support critical religious literacies.

Heidi Lyn Hadley

Christopher Alan Olshefski

Kate E Soules

Journal of Literacy Research

The Journal of Literacy Research (JLR) is a peer-reviewed journal contributes to the advancement research related to literacy and literacy education. Current focuses include, but are not limited to:    -Literacies from preschool to adulthood  -Evolving and expanding definitions of ‘literacy’  -Innovative applications of theory, pedagogy and instruction  -Methodological developments in literacy and language research

The Journal of Literacy Research (JLR) is a peer-reviewed journal dedicated to advancing research related to literacy and literacy education. Current areas of focus include, but are not limited to: - Literacies from preschool to adulthood - Evolving and expanding definitions of 'literacy' - Innovative applications of theory, pedagogy, and instruction - Methodological developments in literacy and language research.

《Journal of Literacy Research》是一本经过同行评审的期刊，致力于推动与识字及识字教育相关的研究。当前的研究重点包括但不限于：- 从学前教育到成年期的识字能力 - 不断演变和扩展的“识字”定义 - 理论、教学法和教学的创新应用 - 识字和语言研究中的方法论发展

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教育学, 教育学和教育研究	2
教育学, 心理学教育	2

Critical Religious Literacies and Opportunities for Alterity across YA Literature

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PSYCHOLOGY, EDUCATIONAL	3