Witte / Welker / Pickard The Impact of the Family

on Character Formation, Ethical Education, and the Communication of Values in Late Modern Pluralistic Societies
1. Auflage 2022
ISBN: 978-3-374-07053-4
Verlag: Evangelische Verlagsanstalt
Format: PDF
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E-Book, Englisch, 348 Seiten

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Witte, John

Welker, Michael

Pickard, Stephen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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