Religious Change and Continuity Across Generations
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- ISBN 9781666951295
- Weight: 499g
- Dimensions: 157 x 238mm
- Publication Date: 18 Oct 2024
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
- Language: English
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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.
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.
