American Religions and the Family: How Faith Traditions Cope with Modernization and Democracy

Edited by Don S. Browning and David A. Clairmont

December, 2006
Cloth, 288 pages,
ISBN: 978-0-231-13800-0
$48.50 / £28.50

"A timely . . . well-researched, solidly structured book." — Michael LeFlem, H-Ideas

"American religion is more diverse than ever. Its bearing on social and cultural issues, especially on issues of 'the family' is a matter of lively speculation and debate, and there is very little available and accessible literature addressing the topic with respect to the full range of American religion. This book is unique." — R. Stephen Warner, University of Illinois at Chicago

"American Religions and the Family brings together specialists focusing on families in particular religious traditions who fasten on the most urgent questions. It offers a significant contribution to the field—nowhere else can you get all this in one book." — Martin E. Marty, University of Chicago

"A timely, important, and engaging book, American Religions and the Family explores the two core and complex social institutions that most influence identity and society. Contributors consider the responses of these cultural systems to each other and to the challenging forces of modernization. The book breaks new ground by showing how modernization and responses to it influence the most fundamental human social organizations and personal identity. This terrific book will be valuable to anyone who wants to consider how Americans understand change, faith, and family." — Steven L. Nock, Commonwealth Professor of Sociology, University of Virginia

Related Subjects

• American Religion
• Comparative Religion
• Reference

About the Author

Don S. Browning is Alexander Professor Emeritus of Religious Ethics and the Social Sciences and former director of the Religion, Culture, and Family Project at the University of Chicago Divinity School. He is the author of eleven books, most recently Marriage and Modernization: How Globalization Threatens Marriage and What to Do About It and Christian Ethics and the Moral Psychologies. David A. Clairmont is assistant professor of theology at the University of Notre Dame and former project coordinator for the Religion, Culture, and Family Project. His research and teaching interests include Catholic moral theology, Franciscan spirituality, comparative religious ethics, and the moral thought of Theravada Buddhism.

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