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Families and faith : how religion is passed down across generations /
Few things are more likely to cause heartache for devout parents than seeing their child leave the faith. And it seems, from media portrayals, that this is happening more and more frequently. But is religious change between generations common? How does religion get passed down from one generation to...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Oxford University Press,
2013.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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.