Handing Down the Faith: How Parents Pass Their Religion on to the Next Generation

ISBN-13: 9780190093327 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 264 str.

Smith Christian; Amy Adamczyk

Recenzje

Overall, this study gives helpful insight to both parents and clergy. In a culture where the fear of failing to raise children in religious faith is common among parents, pastors, and religious leaders, Handing Down the Faith provides sound research and insightful analysis to help those concerned to do this work.

O autorze

Christian Smith is the Wm. R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of Sociology at the University of Notre Dame. He holds a PhD and MA in Sociology from Harvard University. Smith is the author of more than 20 books, many about the religious and spiritual lives of American teenagers and emerging adults. Amy Adamczyk is Professor of Sociology at John Jay College of Criminal Justice and the Programs of Doctoral Study in Sociology and Criminal Justice at The Graduate Center, City University of New York (CUNY). She has published over 40 peer-reviewed journal articles. Her first book, Cross-national Public Opinion about Homosexuality, received the 2018 Outstanding Book Award from the International Section of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences.