DOES THE SHAPE OF FAMILIES
DOES THE SHAPE OF FAMILIES
Challenging the Churches to
Confront the Impact of
Family Change
A REPORT TO THE NATION FROM FAMILY SCHOL ARS
Institute for American Values
DOES THE SHAPE OF FAMILIES SHAPE FAITH?
Challenging the Churches to Confront the Impact of Family Change
TH E A UTH O R S A R E G R ATE F U L TO the scholars who participated in
this project and the Lilly Endowment for its generous support of this work. During the course of this project we were deeply saddened to lose two great scholars to cancer, this project's senior advisors--and mentors to many of us--Don Browning and Norval Glenn, who died in 2010 and 2011, respectively. To the extent that this humble offering can honor Don and Norval, we wish to dedicate this report to them. The authors also wish to thank W. Bradford Wilcox for participating in the consultations and guiding our questions and Institute for American Values research associate David Lapp for his careful assistance.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
About the Authors
7
About the Senior Advisors
7
Commissioned Papers and Resources for the
Does the Shape of Families Shape Faith? Project
8
Executive Summary
10
1.I NTRODUCTION
14
2. THE NEW SCIENCE ON HOW THE DECLINE OF MARRIAGE I M PACTS TH E CH U RCH ES
Family Structure and Child Well-Being
15
Parental Divorce and Offspring Religious Involvement
16
Role of Parents
19
Role of Congregations
21
3. THE DEPTHS OF DIVORCE IN THE INNER LIVES OF YOUNG PEOPLE
The Second Silent Schism
23
Is God Like a Parent?
24
On Being
29
Three in One
30
4. IS DIVORCE NOBODY'S BUSINESS?
The Divorce Culture
32
Bystanders to Divorce
33
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