Religious Change and Continuity Across Generations - Passing on Faith in Families of Six European and North American

This volume examines the intergenerational transmission of religion, spirituality, and secularity. The authors treat intergenerational religious influence as occurring under national-historical conditions that variously reinforce or inhibit the reproduction of religious beliefs and practices across generations.

List of contents

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

About the author

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.

Product details

• Authors: Merril Gartner Silverstein
• Assisted by: Maria T. Brown (Editor), Christel Gartner (Editor), Christel Gärtner (Editor), Merril Silverstein (Editor), Silverstein Merril (Editor), Adamczyk Amy (Foreword)
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 18.10.2024
• EAN: 9781666951295
• ISBN: 978-1-66695-129-5
• No. of pages: 244
• Subjects: Guides > Self-help, everyday life > Family; Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; Europe, FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / General, RELIGION / Spirituality, North America, Spirituality & religious experience, Family & relationships, Spirituality and religious experience, Relationships and families: advice and issues, North America (USA and Canada)