What is Holy Envy and Can it Heal Our World?
Our own religious lives can be enhanced by seeking out good wherever we find it—including through religious pluralism.
Category: American Families of Faith
Evangelical Christian Families: “God Wants Us … To Be Strong”
Those 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.
Muslim Families: A Closer Look at Answering to Allah
The 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.”
Latter-day Saint Families: Eternal Perspectives
Latter-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.
Mainline Protestant Families: Loving God and Family Members
For 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
