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Book SynopsisStudies the different ways religions have coped with the pressures of modernization in America. This work examines how these religions have confronted changing attitudes regarding the meaning and purpose of sex, the definition of marriage, the responsibility of fathers, and the status of children.
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Table of ContentsPreface Part 1: American Religions: The Question of Modernization and Family Life 1. Introduction David A. Clairmont and Don S. Browning 2. Immigrant American Religions and the Family: New Diversity and Conservatism Paul D. Numrich Part 2: Family Traditions in the American Religions 3. The Cultural Contradictions of Mainline Family Ideology and Practice W. Bradford Wilcox and Elizabeth Williamson 4. Evangelicals, Family, and Modernity Margaret Bendroth 5. Native American Families and Religion Raymond A. Bucko 6. Marriage, Family, and the Modern Catholic Mind Julie Hanlon Rubio 7. Generative Approaches to Modernity, Discrimination, and Black Families Robert M. Franklin 8. Latter-day Saint Marriage and Family Life in Modern America David C. Dollahite 9. What Is a Jewish Family? The Radicalization of Rabbinic Discourse Jack Wertheimer 10. Confucian "Familism" in America Jeffrey F. Meyer 11. Family Life and Spiritual Kinship in American Buddhist Communities Charles S. Prebish 12. Hindu Family in America Raymond Brady Williams 13. Islam and the Family in North America Jane I. Smith Part 3: Public Frontiers for American Religions and the Family 14. Religion and Modernity in American Family Law Lee E. Teitelbaum 15. Comparative Religion, Ethics, and American Family Life: Concluding Questions and Future Directions David A. Clairmont The Contributors Index
