Jewish Families: How Teachings and Traditions Strengthen Marriage and Family Life
Jewish faith and culture provide powerful insights to any family seeking to strengthen their own marriage and home life.
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Author: David Dollahite
David C. Dollahite, Ph.D. is professor of Family Life at BYU, co-director of the American Families of Faith project, and co-author of Strengths in Diverse Families of Faith.
Strong Black Families: God, Relationships, and Deep Faith
In contrast to the negative scrutiny of African American families in the past, and consistent with the current focus on hearing the voices of Black Americans, the words and experiences of Black Christian American families of faith are both refreshing and profoundly instructive.
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Catholic and Orthodox Christian Families: Confession and Forgiveness
The Catholic relational approach to identity and emphasis on forgiveness has the effect of strengthening relationships and replacing guilt with hope.
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Living a New Faith in a New Land
Asian-American Christians often rely on the Bible carefully and deeply to influence many elements of family life, especially parenting.
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Remembering Coach Joe Lordan
Our communities are built on individual men and women who take a moment to look outward and ask what can I do to make things better
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The Inner Logic of Religion(s)
Can a religion be adequately understood by referencing simply its psychological or sociological manifestations? Not according to religious people, it can’t.
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Strengths In Diverse American Families of Faith
Introducing and launching a new series of articles based on the American Families of Faith project involving scholars at BYU and beyond. The project aims to deepen understanding of diverse religious families across the United States.
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Mourning Together as Morning Dawns
Much sorrow is being felt in the wake of this pandemic, by so many. How can we better “mourn with those that mourn,” while also working through our own grief in healing ways?
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Rock and Religion: The Pursuit of Everlasting Love
Is it possible that humankind’s deepest yearnings for connection, unity, shared meaning, and love are the shared sacred quest of both religion and the best rock?
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