Families and Religions: Conflict and Change in Modern Society

PART ONE: THE SETTING The Church, the Family, and the Modernization Process - Barbara Hargrove Family Morality and Family Mortality - Teresa A Sullivan Speculations on the Demographic Transition Problematic Elements in the Relationships between Churches and Families - Joan Aldous Family Life, Religion, and Societal Values and Structures - William V D'Antonio PART TWO: STRUGGLING IN THE TIDE Family in the White American Protestant Experience - Barbara Hargrove Roman Catholicism and the Family - William V D'Antonio and Mark J Cavanaugh The Jewish Family - Arnold Dashefsky and Irving M Levine Continuity and Change Contemporary Relationships between Black Families and Black Churches in the United States - Jacquelyne Johnson Jackson A Speculative Inquiry Faith and Stability among Hispanic Families - Joseph P Fitzpartick The Role of Religion in Cultural Transition PART THREE: AGAINST THE TIDE: PROSELYTIZING TRADITIONAL WAYS Televangelism and the Mobilization of a New Christian Right Family Policy - Jeffrey K Hadden Family in the Mormon Experience - Darwin L Thomas Family and Religion among the Moonies - Joseph H Fichter A Descriptive Analysis