Religion and Family in a Changing Society.

Religion and Family in a Changing Society.

The 1950s religious boom was organized around the male-breadwinner lifestyle in the burgeoning postwar suburbs. But since the 1950s, family life has been fundamentally reconfigured in the United States. How do religion and family fit together today? This book examines how religious congregations in...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Edgell, Penny
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Princeton University Press, 2013.
Series:Princeton studies in cultural sociology.
Subjects:
Families > Religious life > New York (State)
Church work with families > New York (State)
Church work with families
Families > Religious life
New York (State) > Religious life and customs.
New York (State)
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Table of Contents:
  • Contested changes : "family values" in local religious life
  • Religious involvement and religious institutional change
  • Religion, family, and work
  • Styles of religious involvement
  • "The problem with families today
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  • The practice of family ministry
  • Religious familism and social change.

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