Faith Traditions and the Family

by Phyllis D. Airhart (Editor), Margaret Lamberts Bendroth (Editor)

Overview

Family life since World War II has undergone dramatic changes. Cultural shifts emphasizing personal needs and fulfillment have transformed traditional understandings of marriage and divorce, gender equality, and sexual behavior, resulting in a marked increase in single-parent homes, dual-income couples, divorce, and blended families. In this book, contributors who represent diverse traditions in North America show how their respective traditions have responded to changes in the family in the last half-century. Exploring the broad range of responses in their traditions—from conservative to progressive—they reflect on the role that theology, Scripture, and the social sciences have played in this transformation. Further, they take a realistic look at the influence of mainstream religion and its role in future discussions of family life.

The Family, Culture, and Religion series offers informed and responsible analyses of the state of the American family from a religious perspective and provides practical assistance for the family's revitalization.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780664255817
Publisher:	Westminster John Knox Press
Publication date:	08/01/1996
Series:	Family, Religion, and Culture
Pages:	188
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.43(d)

About the Author

Phyllis D. Airhart is Associate Professor of the History of Christianity at Emmanuel College, University of Toronto, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, where she has taught since 1985. In 2002, she received the United Church of Canada's Davidson Trust Award for excellence in teaching and scholarship in theological education. She is the author or editor of several books.

Margaret Lamberts Bendroth is Executive Director and Librarian for The Congregational Library in Boston, Massachussetts. She is the author of several books, including Fundamentalism and Gender, 1875 to the Present and Fundamentalists and the City: Conflict and Division in Boston's Churches, 1885 to 1950 , and has edited several other volumes.