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Handing Down the Faith explores how and why American religious parents seek to pass on religion to their children. The authors draw on 215 in-depth, personal interviews with religious parents from many different traditions and parts of the country, and sophisticated analyses of two nationally representative surveys of American parents. Rich in empirical evidence and unique in many of the topics it explores and explains, the book will interest scholars of religion, social scientists interested in the family, parenting, and socialization; clergy and religious educators and leaders; and religious parents themselves.…mehr

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Handing Down the Faith explores how and why American religious parents seek to pass on religion to their children. The authors draw on 215 in-depth, personal interviews with religious parents from many different traditions and parts of the country, and sophisticated analyses of two nationally representative surveys of American parents. Rich in empirical evidence and unique in many of the topics it explores and explains, the book will interest scholars of religion, social scientists interested in the family, parenting, and socialization; clergy and religious educators and leaders; and religious parents themselves.
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Christian Smith is the Wm. R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of Sociology at the University of Notre Dame. He holds a PhD and MA in Sociology from Harvard University. Smith is the author of more than 20 books, many about the religious and spiritual lives of American teenagers and emerging adults. Amy Adamczyk is Professor of Sociology at John Jay College of Criminal Justice and the Programs of Doctoral Study in Sociology and Criminal Justice at The Graduate Center, City University of New York (CUNY). She has published over 40 peer-reviewed journal articles. Her first book, Cross-national Public Opinion about Homosexuality, received the 2018 Outstanding Book Award from the International Section of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences.