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From culture wars to common ground : religion and the American family debate / Don S. Browning ... [and others].

Van Pelt Library BV4526.2 .F75 2000
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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Browning, Don S.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Families--Religious aspects--Christianity--History of doctrines--20th century.
Families.
Families--United States.
Christianity and culture.
History.
Families--Religious aspects--Christianity.
United States.
Christianity and culture--United States--History--20th century.
United States--Church history--20th century.
Church history.
United States--Social life and customs--1971-.
Manners and customs.
Physical Description:
xvii, 406 pages ; 23 cm
Edition:
Second edition.
Place of Publication:
Louisville, Ky. : Westminster John Knox Press, [2000]
Summary:
What is the status of the American family? How is it changing? Are these changes making anything better? What is the future of the family? Does religion offer a positive answer?
Not since Habits of the Heart has one book confronted issues with such personal and societal impact. Using in-depth case studies and national surveys, and now with an updated Preface and a new Appendix, this groundbreaking book presents arguments for the creation of a new family ethic that should be central to both the agenda of contemporary society and the mission of the church.
Contents:
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.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages [343]-383) and index.
ISBN:
0664223524
OCLC:
45104111

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