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Religious Parenting - Transmitting Faith and Values in Contemporary America (Paperback)
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Religious Parenting - Transmitting Faith and Values in Contemporary America (Paperback)
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How parents approach the task of passing on religious faith and
practice to their children How 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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