Contested changes : "family values" in local religious life -- Religious involvement and religious institutional change -- Religion, family, and work -- Styles of religious involvement -- "The problem with families today -- " -- The practice of family ministry -- Religious familism and social change
Summary
The 1950s religious boom was organized around the male-breadwinner lifestyle in the burgeoning postwar suburbs. But since the 1950s, family life has been fundamentally reconfigured in the United States. How do religion and family fit together today? This book examines how religious congregations in America have responded to changes in family structure, and how families participate in local religious life. Based on a study of congregations and community residents in upstate New York, sociologist Penny Edgell argues that while some religious groups may be nostalgic for the Ozzie and Ha
