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  title info:
    title: Religion and Family Links
    sub title: Neofunctionalist Reflections
  name:
    name part: Swenson, Donald.
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: author.
  name:
    name part: SpringerLink (Online service)
  type of resource: text
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: xxu
    date issued: 2008
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: electronic
    form: electronic resource
    reformatting quality: access
    form: remote
    extent: XII, 190 p. online resource.
  abstract: Religion and Family Links by Donald Swenson, Mount Royal College, Calgary, Alberta, Canada For many, the experience of religion and the family are organically connected: first exposure to religion often comes through the family, and, in families that practice a religion, it often has a shaping effect on their traditions, roles, practices, or structure. The author of this text captures the important relationship between religion and the family with a review of relevant literature on the subject, synthesizing it within a theoretical framework. The work begins with an introduction to the neofunctionalist theoretical framework of the family. This framework is connected to a multidimensional understanding of religion. With a focus on systems and a holistic interpretation of religion, the author uses a systems approach to construct a synthesis of the salient literature on the link between religion and the family. Four systems that are embedded in the Neofunctionalist theoretical framework are presented: the chronosystem (including time and history), the organic system (that which is part of our biology), the personality system (with an accent on the individual in social context), the social system (everything to do with relationships and social organizations) and the cultural system (including mythology and ethos). These systems are unified by common religious concepts, including: the idea of the sacred, religious experience, ritual, ethos and sacred organizations. The author uses historical and modern examples from folk religion, Christianity, Judaism and Islam, creating a comprehensive resource for understanding the links between these two important social phenomena.
  table of contents: Familial Links to the Sacred Neo-Functionalism and Religion -- The Chronosytem: A Social History of Religion and the Family Orientation -- The Organic System: Biology, Religion and the Family Orientation -- The Personality System: Religion having an Impact on the Individual and the Individual’s Influence on Religion in Familial Settings -- The Social System: Ritual and Social Organization -- The Cultural System: Mythology and Ethos -- Conclusions.
  note: by Donald Swenson.
  subject:
    topic: Social sciences
  subject:
    topic: Religion
  subject:
    topic: Sociology
  subject:
    topic: Psychotherapy
  subject:
    topic: Counseling
  subject:
    topic: Social Sciences
  subject:
    topic: Sociology, general
  subject:
    topic: Psychotherapy and Counseling
  subject:
    topic: Religious Studies, general
  classification: HM401-1281
  classification: 301
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