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Family, religion, and social change in diverse societies / edited by Sharon K. Houseknecht, Jerry G. Pankhurst.

Contributor(s): Houseknecht, Sharon K, 1945- | Pankhurst, Jerry G
Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Oxford University Press, 2000Description: xiv, 395 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0195131185 (pbk. : alk. paper); 0195131177 (cloth : alk. paper)Subject(s): Families -- Religious life | Religion and cultureDDC classification: 306.6/911783585 LOC classification: BL625.6 | .F36 2000Bibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Introduction: the religion-family linkage and social change--a neglected area of study / Jerry G. Pankhurst and Sharon K. Houseknecht -- pt. 1. Societal conflict and accommodation. Religion and the family in modern American culture / Kevin J. Christiano ; Social change in Egypt: the roles of religion and family / Sharon K. Houseknecht ; Family and religion in Sweden / Irving Palm and Jan Trost ; Religion and family formation in Taiwan: the decline of ancestral authority / Li-shou Yang, Arland Thornton, and Thomas Fricke -- pt. 2. Dramatic societal transformation. Belarus on the cusp of change: the relationship between religion and family in a newly open religious market / Andrei Vardomatskii and Jerry G. Pankhurst ; The state, religion, and the family in Indonesia: the case of divorce reform / Mark Cammack, Lawrence A. Young, and Tim B. Heaton ; Religious and familial networks as entrepreneurial resources in South Africa / Gillian Godsell -- pt. 3. The context of innovation. Mormonism in France: the family as a universal value in a globalizing religion / John Jarvis ; The rebirth of Judaism in Kiev after Babi Yar and communism: the interplay of family and religion / M. Herbert Danzger ; "We don't celebrate Christmas, we just give gifts": adaptations to migration and social change among Hindu, Muslim, and Sikh children in England / Heidi Larson -- pt. 4. Economic factors as a force for change. Land of the rising son? domestic organization, ancestor worship, and economic change in Japan / Stephen R. Smith ; A Woman's pillow and the political economy of Kedjom family life in Cameroon / Susan Diduk and Kent Maynard -- pt. 5. Gender and social change. Women, family, and Catholicism in Brazil: the issue of power / Maria José Fontelas Rosado Nunes ; Converted women redefining their family roles in Mexico / Patricia Fortuny Loret de Mola.
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Book Book John Bulow Campbell Library Midrange BL625.6 .F36 2000 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 0182902367164

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: the religion-family linkage and social change--a neglected area of study / Jerry G. Pankhurst and Sharon K. Houseknecht -- pt. 1. Societal conflict and accommodation. Religion and the family in modern American culture / Kevin J. Christiano ; Social change in Egypt: the roles of religion and family / Sharon K. Houseknecht ; Family and religion in Sweden / Irving Palm and Jan Trost ; Religion and family formation in Taiwan: the decline of ancestral authority / Li-shou Yang, Arland Thornton, and Thomas Fricke -- pt. 2. Dramatic societal transformation. Belarus on the cusp of change: the relationship between religion and family in a newly open religious market / Andrei Vardomatskii and Jerry G. Pankhurst ; The state, religion, and the family in Indonesia: the case of divorce reform / Mark Cammack, Lawrence A. Young, and Tim B. Heaton ; Religious and familial networks as entrepreneurial resources in South Africa / Gillian Godsell -- pt. 3. The context of innovation. Mormonism in France: the family as a universal value in a globalizing religion / John Jarvis ; The rebirth of Judaism in Kiev after Babi Yar and communism: the interplay of family and religion / M. Herbert Danzger ; "We don't celebrate Christmas, we just give gifts": adaptations to migration and social change among Hindu, Muslim, and Sikh children in England / Heidi Larson -- pt. 4. Economic factors as a force for change. Land of the rising son? domestic organization, ancestor worship, and economic change in Japan / Stephen R. Smith ; A Woman's pillow and the political economy of Kedjom family life in Cameroon / Susan Diduk and Kent Maynard -- pt. 5. Gender and social change. Women, family, and Catholicism in Brazil: the issue of power / Maria José Fontelas Rosado Nunes ; Converted women redefining their family roles in Mexico / Patricia Fortuny Loret de Mola.

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