Families and faith : how religion is passed down across generations / Vern L. Bengtson, with Norella M. Putney and Susan C. Harris.

By: Material type: TextPublisher: New York : Oxford University Press, [2013]Description: xv, 267 pages ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780195248659
  • 0195248658
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • BV 1475.3 .B46 2013
Contents:
Part 1. Families, religion, and a century of change. Families of faith: challenges to continuity -- Religion and spirituality across generations -- Has family influence declined? -- Part 2. Family patterns and religious momentum across generations. The importance of warmth: parental piety and the distant dad -- The unexpected importance of grandparents (and great-grandparents) -- How interfaith marriage and divorce affect continuity -- Part 3. Will they leave, or will they stay? Interruptions in religious continuity: rebels, zealots, and prodigals -- The "nones": families of nonreligious youth -- The power of community: families of Mormons, Jews, and evangelicals -- Conclusion : what we have learned and how it might be useful.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-249) and index.

Part 1. Families, religion, and a century of change. Families of faith: challenges to continuity -- Religion and spirituality across generations -- Has family influence declined? -- Part 2. Family patterns and religious momentum across generations. The importance of warmth: parental piety and the distant dad -- The unexpected importance of grandparents (and great-grandparents) -- How interfaith marriage and divorce affect continuity -- Part 3. Will they leave, or will they stay? Interruptions in religious continuity: rebels, zealots, and prodigals -- The "nones": families of nonreligious youth -- The power of community: families of Mormons, Jews, and evangelicals -- Conclusion : what we have learned and how it might be useful.

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