Religion and Family Links Neofunctionalist Reflections /

• Main Author: Swenson, Donald (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2008.
• Subjects: Social sciences.; Religion.; Sociology.; Psychotherapy.; Counseling.; Social Sciences.; Sociology, general.; Psychotherapy and Counseling.; Religious Studies, general.

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 effec...

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.