Strengths in Diverse Families of Faith: Exploring Religious Differences

ISBN-13: 9780367273514 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 164 str.

David C. Dollahite; Loren D. Marks

Opis

This book explores how religious families draw on their spiritual beliefs, religious practices, and faith communities to help them strengthen their marital relationships and their parenting. This book was originally published as a special issue of the Marriage and Family Review.

Spis treści

Introduction: Exploring Strengths in American Families of Faith  1. The Inner Logic of Religion(s): Theoretical Implications Regarding Eight American Religious-Ethnic Communities  2. New Christians in a New Land: Faith Journeys of Asian American Immigrant Families  3. Weathering the Storm: The Shelter of Faith for Black American Christian Families  4. Kept Together by Faith: Confession and Forgiveness among American Catholic and Orthodox Christian Families  5. Relationship with God and the Word: Faith among American Evangelical Christian families  6. Shalom bayit—Peace of the Home: Ritual and Tradition in American Jewish Families  7. Together Forever: Eternal Perspective and Sacred Practices in American Latterday Saint Families  8. Loving God, Loving Others: The Sacred Among American Mainline Protestant Families  9. Answering to Allah: Relational Unity among American Muslim Families  10. Surmounting the Empathy Wall: Deep Respect and Holy Envy in Qualitative Scholarship