Handing Down the Faith - How Parents Pass Their Religion on to the Next Generation

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.