This qualitative study captures the experiences of young women in an interfaith marriage, in a social context where ethnic/religious identity is not contested or threatened. In-depth interviews were conducted with ten women to understand through narrative the conflicts and challenges they experience and how they cope with them. Narratives explored not only the present difficulties in the lives of women in interfaith marriages, but also the past experiences. It is under this framework that the cultural/religious transition of these women were studied. The collective experiences of these women were organised under six main themes: role of religion, views on being associated with another religion, initiation of interfaith relationships, problems and conflicts experienced, reactions of in-laws, peers and society and coping and adaptation. Results suggest that although these women experience challenges, such as rejections, threats to identity and discrimination, the multicultural context of Mauritius facilitates integration of conflicting religious identities.

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不同信仰婚姻中年轻女性的声音

这项定性研究捕捉了年轻女性在不同信仰婚姻中的经历，在种族/宗教身份不受争议或威胁的社会背景下。对 10 位女性进行了深入访谈，以通过叙述方式了解她们所经历的冲突和挑战以及她们如何应对。叙述不仅探讨了女性在不同信仰之间婚姻生活中的当前困难，而且还探讨了过去的经历。正是在这个框架下，研究了这些妇女的文化/宗教转变。这些妇女的集体经历分为六个主要主题：宗教的作用、与另一种宗教有关的看法、不同宗教间关系的开始、所经历的问题和冲突、姻亲、同龄人和社会的反应以及应对和适应。