Strengths in Diverse Families of Faith

Exploring Religious Differences
1. Auflage 2021
ISBN: 978-1-032-08413-8
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 176 Seiten, Format (B × H): 170 mm x 244 mm, Gewicht: 319 g

This book explores how religious families draw on their spiritual beliefs, religious practices, and faith communities to help them strengthen their marital relationships and their parenting.

Using in-depth interviews from eight religious groups – Asian American Christian; Black Christian; Catholic and Orthodox Christian; Evangelical Christian; Jewish; Latter-day Saint; Mainline Protestant; and Muslim – the book uses the interviewees’ own words to show how their religion impacts their lives and influences their relationships. The book also includes an introductory chapter which describes the study and the sample; a conceptual chapter which places the empirical chapters in theoretical context in sociological study of religious families; and a concluding chapter which describes how the editors and authors developed respect and admiration for religious cultures other than their own.

Drawing on such a diverse group of religions in America, this book will be of interest to those studying individual religious groups, as well as wider ecumenism and inter-religious dialogue. This book was originally published as a special issue of the Marriage and Family Review.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate and Undergraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Dollahite, David C.

Marks, Loren D.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Pädagogik: Sachbuch, Ratgeber
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Ethik, Moralphilosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Praktische Theologie Christliches Leben & Praxis

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: Exploring Strengths in American Families of Faith 1. The Inner Logic of Religion(s): Theoretical Implications Regarding Eight American Religious-Ethnic Communities 2. New Christians in a New Land: Faith Journeys of Asian American Immigrant Families 3. Weathering the Storm: The Shelter of Faith for Black American Christian Families 4. Kept Together by Faith: Confession and Forgiveness among American Catholic and Orthodox Christian Families 5. Relationship with God and the Word: Faith among American Evangelical Christian families 6. Shalom bayit—Peace of the Home: Ritual and Tradition in American Jewish Families 7. Together Forever: Eternal Perspective and Sacred Practices in American Latterday Saint Families 8. Loving God, Loving Others: The Sacred Among American Mainline Protestant Families 9. Answering to Allah: Relational Unity among American Muslim Families 10. Surmounting the Empathy Wall: Deep Respect and Holy Envy in Qualitative Scholarship

Über Autor(innen)

David C. Dollahite is Camilla E. Kimball Professor of Family Life at Brigham Young University, USA. His scholarship focuses on the nexus of religion and family relationships.

Loren D. Marks is Professor of family life at Brigham Young University, USA, where he is Director of the Marriage, Family, and Human Development graduate program. He is author of Religion and Families: An Introduction.