Religious parenting: transmitting faith and values in contemporary America
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter one. The Purpose and Nature of Life -- Chapter two. Religion’s Value and Truth -- Chapter three. Children, Parenting, and Family -- Chapter four. The Whys and Hows of Religious Transmission -- Chapter five. Theorizing Cultural Models -- Conclusion -...
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| Language: | English |
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Princeton Oxford
Princeton University Press
[2020]
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| In: | Year: 2020 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
USA
/ Parents
/ Imparting the faith
/ Religious education
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Collection of essays
B Intergenerational communication Religious aspects B Parental influences (United States) B Parenting Religious aspects B Intergenerational Relations Religious aspects B SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology of Religion B Religion and sociology (United States) |
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| Summary: | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter one. The Purpose and Nature of Life -- Chapter two. Religion’s Value and Truth -- Chapter three. Children, Parenting, and Family -- Chapter four. The Whys and Hows of Religious Transmission -- Chapter five. Theorizing Cultural Models -- Conclusion -- Appendix. Research Methodology -- Index How parents approach the task of passing on religious faith and practice to their childrenHow do American parents pass their religion on to their children? At a time of overall decline of traditional religion and an increased interest in personal “spirituality,” Religious Parenting investigates the ways that parents transmit religious beliefs, values, and practices to their kids. We know that parents are the most important influence on their children’s religious lives, yet parents have been virtually ignored in previous work on religious socialization. Renowned religion scholar Christian Smith and his collaborators Bridget Ritz and Michael Rotolo explore American parents’ strategies, experiences, beliefs, and anxieties regarding religious transmission through hundreds of in-depth interviews that span religious traditions, social classes, and family types all around the country.Throughout we hear the voices of evangelical, Catholic, Mormon, mainline and black Protestant, Jewish, Muslim, Hindu, and Buddhist parents and discover that, despite massive diversity, American parents share a nearly identical approach to socializing their children religiously. For almost all, religion is important for the foundation it provides for becoming one’s best self on life’s difficult journey. Religion is primarily a resource for navigating the challenges of this life, not preparing for an afterlife. Parents view it as their job, not religious professionals’, to ground their children in life-enhancing religious values that provide resilience, morality, and a sense of purpose. Challenging longstanding sociological and anthropological assumptions about culture, the authors demonstrate that parents of highly dissimilar backgrounds share the same “cultural models” when passing on religion to their children.Taking an extensive look into questions of religious practice and childrearing, Religious Parenting uncovers parents’ real-life challenges while breaking innovative theoretical ground |
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| Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
| ISBN: | 0691197822 |
| Access: | Restricted Access |
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1515/9780691197821 |