The Power of Home-Centered Gospel Learning
When most people think of worship, it’s something happening in a chapel or church building. A deeper appreciation of worship that can also happen at home has been transformative for many families
Read MoreLoren D. Marks, Ph.D. is professor of Family Life at BYU, co-director of the American Families of Faith project, and co-author of Religion and Families.
When most people think of worship, it’s something happening in a chapel or church building. A deeper appreciation of worship that can also happen at home has been transformative for many families
Read MoreThe world’s getting angrier and colder. We were struck by how diverse families cultivate humility through religious practices.
Read MoreLots of families are hurting—with plenty of strained relationships between parents and children. Could a little more humility help us all?
Read MoreDespite strong hopes otherwise, many religious parents are seeing their children choosing a different path—a freedom that is as painful as it is Godly.
Read MoreIt’s striking to reflect on how many positive influences in my life have come from friends of other faiths, and even of no faith. This is my story, or at least a few fun strands of it.
Read MoreThere is a joy and power that can come from joining others on their own sacred ground of worship. In addition to becoming better neighbors, we deepen our appreciation for the rich variety of differing faith traditions.
Read MoreOur own religious lives can be enhanced by seeking out good wherever we find it—including through religious pluralism.
Read MoreThose who adhere to America’s largest faith tradition, Evangelical Christianity, report that their faith gives them tools such as conflict resolution and forgiveness that help their families’ lives.
Read MoreThe faith of Muslim Americans is often manifest not just in their beliefs but in their desire to live out their beliefs or “walk the walk.”
Read MoreLatter-day Saints draw strength from doctrines of the eternal nature of family and from religious practices that unify our community. Many of these strengthening teachings and practices are shared by other communities, and this is something to celebrate.
Read MoreFor those in America’s dominant Protestant faiths, their understanding of God and their relationship with Him provides a model for how they believe they should interact with their spouses and children.
Read MoreJewish faith and culture provide powerful insights to any family seeking to strengthen their own marriage and home life.
Read MoreIn 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.
Read MoreThe Catholic relational approach to identity and emphasis on forgiveness has the effect of strengthening relationships and replacing guilt with hope.
Read MoreAsian-American Christians often rely on the Bible carefully and deeply to influence many elements of family life, especially parenting.
Read MoreCan a religion be adequately understood by referencing simply its psychological or sociological manifestations? Not according to religious people, it can’t.
Read MoreIntroducing 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.
Read MoreIs 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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