In the Course of a Lifetime : Tracing Religious Belief, Practice, and Change /

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'In the Course of a Lifetime' provides an unprecedented portrait of the dynamic role religion plays in the everyday experiences of Americans over the course of their lives.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Dillon, Michele, 1960-
Other Authors: Wink, Paul, 1952-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Press, 2007.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Religion.
Faith development.
RELIGION > Comparative Religion.
RELIGION > Psychology of Religion.
Foi > Developpement.
United States.
États-Unis > Religion.
United States > Religion.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The vibrancy of American religion
  • Meet the parents : the family context shaping religious socialization in the 1930s and 1940s
  • Adolescent religion in the 1930s and 1940s
  • The imprint of individual autonomy on everyday religion in the 1950s
  • The ebb and flow of religiousness across the life course
  • Individual transformation in religious commitment and meaning
  • Spiritual seeking
  • The activities, personality, and social attitudes of religious and spiritual individuals in late adulthood
  • Spiritual seeking, therapeutic culture, and concern for others
  • The buffering role of religion in late adulthood
  • American lived religion
  • Methodological appendix : measuring religiousness and spiritual seeking in the IHD longitudinal study.

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