While the scientific community has experienced a resurgence in the idea that there are important linkages between religion and family life and religion and health outcomes, this study is still in its early stages, scattered across multiple disciplines, and of uneven quality. To date, no book has featured both reviews of the literature and new empirical findings. "Religion, Families, and Health, " fills this void by bringing together leading social scientists who provide a theoretically rich, methodologically rigorous, and exciting glimpse into a fascinating social institution that continues to be extremely important in the lives of Americans.…mehr
While the scientific community has experienced a resurgence in the idea that there are important linkages between religion and family life and religion and health outcomes, this study is still in its early stages, scattered across multiple disciplines, and of uneven quality. To date, no book has featured both reviews of the literature and new empirical findings. "Religion, Families, and Health, " fills this void by bringing together leading social scientists who provide a theoretically rich, methodologically rigorous, and exciting glimpse into a fascinating social institution that continues to be extremely important in the lives of Americans.
CHRISTOPHER G. ELLISON is the Elsie and Stanley E. (Skinny) Adams Sr. Centennial Professor in the department of sociology and a research associate of the Population Research Center at the University of Texas at Austin. He is the author or coauthor of approximately one hundred journal articles and chapters on the topics of religion and family life and religion and health in the United States. ROBERT A. HUMMER is a professor and chairperson in the department of sociology and a research associate of the Population Research Center at the University of Texas at Austin. He is the coauthor of Living and Dying in the USA, winner of the 2002 Otis Dudley Duncan Award for Distinguished Scholarship in Social Demography from the Population Section of the American Sociological Association.
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Introduction / Christopher G. Ellison and Robert A. Hummer Religion and family life outcomes Religion and the timing of first births in the United States / Lisa D. Pearce Religion and child rearing / Duane F. Alwin and Jacob L. Felson Religion and adolescent sexual behavior / Mark D. Regnerus The influence of religion on ties between the generations / Valarie King Religion and family values reconsidered : gender traditionalism among conservative protestants / John P. Bartkowski and Xiaohe Xu From generation to generation : religious involvement and attitudes toward family and pro-family outcomes among U.S. Catholics / Amy M. Burdette and Teresa A. Sullivan Religious intermarriage and conversion in the United States : patterns and changes over time / Linda J. Waite and Alisa C. Lewin Childhood religious denomination and early adult asset accumulation / Lisa A. Keister Religious affiliation and participation as determinants of women's educational attainment and wages / Evelyn Lehrer Religion, family, and women's employment among Muslim and Christian Arab Americans / Jennan Ghazal Read Religion and health outcomes Religion and depressive symptoms in late life / Neal Krause Religion and physical health among U.S. adults / Marc A. Musick and Meredith G.F. Worthen Religious involvement and mortality risk among pre-retirement aged U.S. adults / Robert A. Hummer [and others] Religious attendance and cause-specific mortality in the United States / Richard G. Rogers, Patrick M. Krueger, and Robert A. Hummer Race, religious involvement, and health : the case of African Americans / Christopher G. Ellison [and others] Jewish identity and self-reported health / Isaac W. Eberstein and Kathleen M. Heyman Religion, sexually risky behavior, and reproductive health : the Mormon case / Tim B. Heaton Religion and the new immigrants : impact on health behaviors and access to health care / Helen Rose Ebaugh Looking ahead The religious demography of the United States : dynamics of affiliation, participation, and belief / Darren E. Sherkat Future directions in population-based research on religion, family life, and health in the United States / Christopher G. Ellison and Robert A. Hummer
Introduction / Christopher G. Ellison and Robert A. Hummer Religion and family life outcomes Religion and the timing of first births in the United States / Lisa D. Pearce Religion and child rearing / Duane F. Alwin and Jacob L. Felson Religion and adolescent sexual behavior / Mark D. Regnerus The influence of religion on ties between the generations / Valarie King Religion and family values reconsidered : gender traditionalism among conservative protestants / John P. Bartkowski and Xiaohe Xu From generation to generation : religious involvement and attitudes toward family and pro-family outcomes among U.S. Catholics / Amy M. Burdette and Teresa A. Sullivan Religious intermarriage and conversion in the United States : patterns and changes over time / Linda J. Waite and Alisa C. Lewin Childhood religious denomination and early adult asset accumulation / Lisa A. Keister Religious affiliation and participation as determinants of women's educational attainment and wages / Evelyn Lehrer Religion, family, and women's employment among Muslim and Christian Arab Americans / Jennan Ghazal Read Religion and health outcomes Religion and depressive symptoms in late life / Neal Krause Religion and physical health among U.S. adults / Marc A. Musick and Meredith G.F. Worthen Religious involvement and mortality risk among pre-retirement aged U.S. adults / Robert A. Hummer [and others] Religious attendance and cause-specific mortality in the United States / Richard G. Rogers, Patrick M. Krueger, and Robert A. Hummer Race, religious involvement, and health : the case of African Americans / Christopher G. Ellison [and others] Jewish identity and self-reported health / Isaac W. Eberstein and Kathleen M. Heyman Religion, sexually risky behavior, and reproductive health : the Mormon case / Tim B. Heaton Religion and the new immigrants : impact on health behaviors and access to health care / Helen Rose Ebaugh Looking ahead The religious demography of the United States : dynamics of affiliation, participation, and belief / Darren E. Sherkat Future directions in population-based research on religion, family life, and health in the United States / Christopher G. Ellison and Robert A. Hummer
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