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Families and faith : how religion is passed down across generations / Vern L. Bengtson with Norella M. Putney and Susan C. Harris.
LIBRA BV1475.3 .B46 2013
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bengtson, Vern L.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Christian education of children.
- Intergenerational communication--Religious aspects--Christianity.
- Intergenerational communication.
- Intergenerational relations--Religious aspects--Christianity.
- Intergenerational relations.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 267 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Oxford University Press, [2013]
- Contents:
- Pt. 1 Families, religion, and a century of change
- Families of faith: challenges to continuity
- Religion and spirituality across generations
- Has family influence declined?
- Pt. 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
- Pt. 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-249) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0199948658
- 9780199948659
- OCLC:
- 829999655
- Publisher Number:
- 99955959218
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