The Impact of the Family on Character Formation, Ethical Education, and the Communication of Values in Late Modern Pluralistic Societies John Witte, Michael Welker, Stephen Pickard

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Witte, John, Editor.

Welker, Michael, Editor.

Pickard, Stephen, Editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

sociology.

ethics.

religion.

psychology.

Local Subjects:

sociology.

ethics.

religion.

psychology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (348 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leipzig Evangelische Verlagsanstalt 2022

Summary:

The family is humanity’s oldest and most basic social institution, but today it is fragile, fractured, and fraught in many liberal lands. This volume gathers scholars from sociology, psychology, history, religion, ethics, law, and medicine from five continents to analyze the complex nature and place of the family in character formation and human flourishing. The chapters study the impact of catechesis, schooling, work, and discipline on the development of individual moral agency and responsibility. They document the critical roles of family love, trust, fidelity, and story-telling in shaping the moral character of all family members from infancy to old age. They describe effective strategies of resistance and resilience for family members who face abuse, divorce, death, chauvinism, racism, and homophobia. And several chapters challenge modern arguments and policies that aim to flatten if not abolish the marital family, even while they call for family law reforms. Contributions by Enola G. Aird, Helen Alvaré, Robert N. Bellah, Margaret Jane Brining, Michael J. Broyde, Marcia Bunge, Stephen Carter, Jean Bethke Elshtain, Robyn Fivuush, Patrick Hornbeck, Andreas Kruse, Nadia Marais, Gordon Mikoski, Bonnie Miller-McLemore, Patrick Parkinson, Katja Patzel-Mattern, Sabina Pauen, Stephen G. Post, Eugene C. Roehlkepartain, and Thomas Xutong Qu.

Contents:

Contents Acknowledgments 9 Preface to the Series 11 Part One: The Place of the Family in Modern Society John Witte Jr.: “It TakesaSociety to Raise a Family”: The Multidimensional Family Sphere 17 Robert N. Bellah: The Family in the Matrix of Habit and History 43 Part Two: The Role of the Family in Child Development and Moral Character Formation Sabina Pauen: The Beginnings of Norm and Value Formation in Human Ontogeny and the Role of the Family 59 Robyn Fivush: Family Storytelling and the Communication of Values 75 Bonnie J. Miller-McLemore: Children, Chores, and Character Formation: A Child-Centered Perspective 89 Marcia J. Bunge: Communicating Values by Honoring Families and the Full Humanity of Children: Lessons from Robust Theologies and Detrimental Developments among Protestants 105 Stephen G. Post: Love Begets Love, and It Starts in the Family 127 Margaret F. Brinig: Imitation and Value Formation within the Family 139 Eugene C. Roehlkepartain: Empty Vessels or Active Agents? Amplifying Young People’s Agency in Character Development in their Families 147 Andreas Kruse: Old Age within the Polyphony of Sensations, Experiences, and Commitments in Favor of the Neighbor 163 Michael J. Broyde: “Hearts Will Never Be Practical until They Can Be Made Unbreakable”: What Does Parental Love Really Mean in Hard Cases in the Jewish Tradition? 179 Part Three: Family Changes and Challenges and Their Impact on Character Formation Jean Bethke Elshtain: The Heart of the Matter: The Family as the Site of Fundamental Ethical Struggle 197 Patrick Parkinson: The Role of Public Policy in Supporting Safe, Stable, and Nurturing Families in Late Modern Societies 211 Gordon S. Mikoski:“The Times They Are A-Changin’”: Shifting Patterns of Partnering and Parenting in the United States and Implications for Religious Transmission and Theology 223 Enola G. Aird: Toward a Renaissance for the African American Family: Confronting the Lie of Black Inferiority 233 Stephen L. Carter: Religion, Education, and the Primacy of the Family 247 Patrick Hornbeck: Religious Liberty and Family Diversity: The Legal and Theological Disputes 255 Helen Alvare´: Equality Alongside Diversity to Build a Stronger Union: The Role of the Family in the Melting Pot 275 Katja Patzel-Mattern and Sabina Pauen: Family Structures and Values in Postwar German Society 291 Nadia Marais: “A Most Sacred Covenant”? John Calvin’s Rhetoric of Marriage and Its Implications for Transmitting Values in South Africa 313 Thomas Xutong Qu: A Renaissance of the Confucian Family? A Preliminary Observation upon Current Discourses about Family in Contemporary China 333 Contributors 345

Other Format:

Print version: Witte, John The Impact of the Family

ISBN:

9783374070534

3374070531

Publisher Number:

9783374070534