Religious Change and Continuity Across Generations (eBook, ePUB)

Passing on Faith in Families of Six European and North American Nations
Redaktion: Silverstein, Merril; Brown, Maria T.; Gärtner, Christel

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 244
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. September 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781666951301
• Artikelnr.: 74939157

Autorenporträt

Merril Silverstein holds the Marjorie Cantor Chair in Aging Studies at Syracuse University where he is professor in the Departments of Sociology and Human Development and Family Science. Christel Gärtner is a sociologist and mentor at the Graduate School and Cluster of Excellence in "Religion and Politics" at the University of Münster. Maria T. Brown is associate research professor in Syracuse University's School of Social Work and Aging Studies Institute.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword
Amy Adamczyk Introduction
Merril Silverstein
Christel Gärtner
and Maria T. Brown Chapter 1: Continuities and Discontinuities in the Transmission of (Non-) Religion: West and East Germany Compared
Christel Gärtner
Linda Hennig
and Olaf Müller Chapter 2: Historical Changes in Childhood Religious Practice in Hungary: Integrating Quantitative and Qualitative Data Using a Mixed Methods Approach
Gergely Rosta
Zsuzsanna Szvetelszky
and Virág Sövegjártó Chapter 3: Investigating Italian Religious Socialization Paths: Findings and Lessons from a Mixed-Methods Exercise
Roberta Ricucci
Ferruccio Biolcati
Luca Bossi
Marcello Cabria
Renzo Carriero
and Francesco Molteni Chapter 4: The Complexity of Religious Change across Generations in Finland from the Perspectives of Gender and Religious Biographies
Kati Tervo-Niemelä and Jenni Spännäri Chapter 5: Transmission
Transformation
and Reversal in the Context of Intergenerational Decline of Religiosity in Canada
Peter Beyer and Jacob Legault-Leclair Chapter 6: Intergenerational Evolution of Religiosity and Spirituality in Sexual Minorities in an American Sample
Maria T. Brown
Joseph Blankholm
Dusty Hoesly
Woosang Hwang
RianSimone Harris
and Merril Silverstein Chapter 7: Spiritual Beliefs and Practices of the Non-Religious in an American Context: A Cross-Generational Perspective
Woosang Hwang
Joseph Blankholm
Dusty Hoesly
Maria T. Brown
RianSimone Harris
and Merril Silverstein About the Contributors