From culture wars to common ground : religion and the American family debate / Don S. Browning ... [et al.]. - 2nd ed. - Louisville, Ky. : Westminster John Knox Press, c2000. - xvii, 406 p. ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The family (1990-1996) : from a conservative to a liberal issue -- The family crisis : who understands it? -- Religion and the ideal family : nineteenth-century variations in North America -- Love, Christian family theory, and evolutionary psychology -- Honor, shame, and equality in early Christian families -- Feminism, religion, and the family -- Families and the therapeutic -- Christian profamily movements : the black church, Roman Catholics, and the Christian Right -- Economic voices : state family, market family, and civil society -- A practical theology of families -- Critical familism : new directions for church and society -- Hermeneutic social science and practical theology.

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Families--Religious aspects--Christianity--History of doctrines--20th century.
Families--United States.
Christianity and culture--History--United States--20th century.


United States--Church history--20th century.
United States--Social life and customs--1971-