Work, Family and Religion in Contemporary Society

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Work, Family and Religion in Contemporary Society is written by Nancy Tatom Ammerman and published by Routledge. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1136658750 (ISBN 10) and 9781136658754 (ISBN 13).

Until recently, religious institutions have been organized to suit the traditional American family, where the wife stayed at home, caring for children. Today, churches and synagogues are beginning to adapt to the reality of the American family: dual-career marriages, high levels of divorce, interfaith marriages, partnerships that may not be marriages. Religious organizations must serve families that don't fall into the Ozzie and Harriet mold. The first group of papers in this edited volume documents changing trends in the connection between religion, work, and the family. In the second part of the book, we see how changing families and flexible congregations are experimenting with new forms of religious life.