Religious Change and Continuity Across Generations (eBook)

Passing on Faith in Families of Six European and North American Nations

Maria T. Brown, Christel Gartner, Merril Silverstein (Herausgeber)

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2024
244 Seiten
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-1-6669-5130-1 (ISBN)

Infos

Religious Change and Continuity Across Generations: Passing on Faith in Families of Six European and North American Nations brings together scholars of religious studies, secularism, and family science to examine how religion is passed down the generations in six European and North American nations. Taking a social change perspective within the context of family socialization theory, the authors treat intergenerational change and continuity in religion and spirituality as occurring under specific national and historical conditions. As such, they consider the social forces that variously reinforce or inhibit transmission of religiosity across successive generations within families. The volume provides a nuanced view of the role that societal context plays in religious transitions and transformations. Chapters consider the strong influence of the Roman Catholic church in Italy, Communist suppression of religion in Hungary, aversion to religious discussions in Finland, the East-West/Catholic-Protestant divide in Germany, and rapid religious deculturation in Canada and the U.S. Further, each chapter takes a mixed-methods approach, using quantitative survey data to describe the strength and pattern of intergenerational transmission and interview data to clarify family dynamics by which parents, and ofttimes grandparents, influence the religious beliefs and practices of younger generations-taking care to consider how the absence of religion is also conveyed to the next generation.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 23.9.2024
• Co-Autor: Linda Hennig, Dusty Hoesly, Woosang Hwang, Jacob Legault-Leclair, Francesco Molteni, Olaf Muller, Roberta Ricucci, Ferruccio Biolcati Rinaldi, Gergely Rosta, Merril Silverstein, Peter Beyer, Virag Sovegjarto, Jenni Spannari, Zsuzsanna Szvetelszky, Kati Tervo-Niemela, Joseph Blankholm, Luca Bossi, Maria T. Brown, Marcello Cabria, Renzo Carriero, Christel Gartner, RianSimone Harris
• Vorwort: Amy Adamczyk
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Familie / Erziehung
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie
• ISBN-10: 1-6669-5130-7 / 1666951307
• ISBN-13: 978-1-6669-5130-1 / 9781666951301