Overview
In this volume, the complex relationships between religion and the family is explored by fourteen scholars across a range of disciplines. Grounded in a shared focus on the evolving realities of family life and religious beliefs and practice in Christianity, Judaism, and Islam, past and present, the essays address key questions: How has religion shaped conceptions of and life in the family? How have experiences of the family shaped religion? Drawing on Biblical studies, theology, spirituality, history, anthropology, sociology, political science, and law, the contributors offer a new, more complex, picture and historically nuanced of this symbiotic relationship.
Full Product Details
Author: Ronald A. Simkins ,
Gail S. Risch
Publisher: Creighton University,U.S.
Imprint: Creighton University,U.S.
Dimensions:
Width: 15.20cm
, Height: 1.90cm
, Length: 22.90cm
Weight: 0.440kg
ISBN: 9781881871491
ISBN 10: 1881871495
Pages: 285
Publication Date: 15 September 2008
Audience:
College/higher education
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Undergraduate
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
Family has been and continues to be a surprisingly evolving reality, and each permutation carries with it a new constellation of religious ideas and practices. Whether tradition refers to several hundred years or to merely two or three generations, it is always, to varying degrees, adapted and transformed as it is passed on. Religion was enmeshed in the family so that as definitions of the family and marriage shifted over time, religion was shaped accordingly. But the converse is also true. Religion has shaped our understanding of the family. Most weddings in the United States, for example, are conducted by clergy and take place in a religious institution, regardless of the religious devotion or piety of the couple... The tension around family diversity is acutely illustrated by the polarized family values debate that emerged over a decade ago and continues to undergird political and religious discourse related to family issues. -from the Introduction, Religion and the Family
Family has been and continues to be a surprisingly evolving reality,and each permutation carries with it a new constellation of religious ideas and practices. Whether tradition refers to several hundred years or to merely two or three generations, it is always, to varying degrees, adapted and transformed as it is passed on. Religion was enmeshed in the family so that as definitions of the family and marriage shifted over time, religion was shaped accordingly. But the converse is also true. Religion has shaped our understanding of the family. Most weddings in the United States, for example, are conducted by clergy and take place in a religious institution, regardless of the religious devotion or piety of the couple... The tension around family diversity is acutely illustrated by the polarized family values debate that emerged over a decade ago and continues to undergird political and religious discourse related to family issues. -from the Introduction, Religion and the Family
Family has been and continues to be a surprisingly evolving reality, and each permutation carries with it a new constellation of religious ideas and practices. Whether tradition refers to several hundred years or to merely two or three generations, it is always, to varying degrees, adapted an transformed as it is passed on. Religion was enmeshed in the family so that as definitions of the family and marriage shifted over time, religion was shaped accordingly. But the converse is also true. Religion has shaped our understanding of the family. Most weddings in the United States, for example, are conducted by clergy and take place in a religious institution, regardless of the religious devotion or piety of the couple... The tension around family diversity is acutely illustrated by the polarized family values debate that emerged over a decade ago and continues to undergird political and religious discourse related to family issues.
Author Information
RONALD A. SIMKINS is Professor of Theology and Director of the Kripke Center for the Study of Religion and Society at Creighton University. He is the editor of numerous books and the general editor of the Journal of Religion & Society. GAIL S. RISCH is a lecturer in theology and a researcher in the Center for Marriage and Family at Creighton University.
