1st Edition
Work, Family and Religion in Contemporary Society Remaking Our Lives
370 Pages
by
Routledge
370 Pages
by
Routledge
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Until recently, religious institutions have been organized to suit the traditional American family, where the wife stayed at home, caring for children. Today, churches and synagogues are beginning to adapt to the reality of the American family: dual-career marriages, high levels of divorce, interfaith marriages, partnerships that may not be marriages. Religious organizations must serve families... Read more
1. Introduction: Old Patterns, New Trends, Fragile Experiments Nancy Tatom Ammerman and Wade Clark Roof; Part I: Assessing the Trends: 2. Lost in the Fifties: The Changing Family and the Nostalgic Church Penny Long Marler; 3. Boomers and the Culture of Choice: Changing Patterns of Work, Family, and Religion Wade Clark Roof and Lyn Gesch; 4. Work, Family, and Faith: Recent Trends Bradley R. Hertel; 5. Responses to Changing Lifestyles: Feminists and Traditionalists in Mainstream Religion Lyn Gesch; 6. Entering the Labor Force: Ideals and Realities among Evangelical Women Charles Hall; Part II: Exploring New Patterns: 7. Religion and Family Ethics: A New Strategy for the Church Don S. Browning; 8. The Storm and the Light: Church, Family, Work, and Social Crisis in the African-American Experience Cheryl Townsend Gilkes; 9. Nurturing and Equipping Children in the Public Church Joseph T. Reiff; 10. Defense Workers: A Challenge to Family and Faith Mary Johnson, SND; 11. Small Faith Communities in the Roman Catholic Church: New Approaches to Religion, Work, and Family William V. D'Antonio; 12. Religious Innovation in the Mainline Church: House Churches, Home Cells, and Small Groups Stuart A. Wright; 13. Constructing Women's Rituals: Roman Catholic Women and 'Limina' Mary Jo Neitz; 14. Couples at Work: A Study of Patterns of Work, Family, and Faith William Johnson Everett with Sylvia Johnson Everett.
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Wade Clark Roof, Nancy Tatom Ammerman
