The Impact of the Family: on Character Formation, Ethical Education, and the Communication of Values in Late Modern Pluralistic Societies

John Witte; Michael Welker; Stephen Pickard

doi:10.5771/9783374070534

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The family is humanity’s oldest and most basic social institution, but today it is fragile, fractured, and fraught in many liberal lands. This volume gathers scholars from sociology, psychology, history, religion, ethics, law, and medicine from five continents to analyze the complex nature and place of the family in character formation and human flourishing. The chapters study the impact of catechesis, schooling, work, and discipline on the development of individual moral agency and responsibility. They document the critical roles of family love, trust, fidelity, and story-telling in shaping the moral character of all family members from infancy to old age. They describe effective strategies of resistance and resilience for family members who face abuse, divorce, death, chauvinism, racism, and homophobia. And several chapters challenge modern arguments and policies that aim to flatten if not abolish the marital family, even while they call for family law reforms. Contributions by Enola G. Aird, Helen Alvaré, Robert N. Bellah, Margaret Jane Brining, Michael J. Broyde, Marcia Bunge, Stephen Carter, Jean Bethke Elshtain, Robyn Fivuush, Patrick Hornbeck, Andreas Kruse, Nadia Marais, Gordon Mikoski, Bonnie Miller-McLemore, Patrick Parkinson, Katja Patzel-Mattern, Sabina Pauen, Stephen G. Post, Eugene C. Roehlkepartain, and Thomas Xutong Qu.

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Auflage: 1/2022
Copyrightjahr: 2022
ISBN-Print: 978-3-374-07052-7
ISBN-Online: 978-3-374-07053-4
Verlag: EVA, Leipzig
Sprache: Englisch
Seiten: 347
Produkttyp: Sammelband

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1. Contents Kein Zugriff
2. Acknowledgments Kein Zugriff
3. Preface to the Series Kein Zugriff
1. “It Takes a Society to Raise a Family”: The Multidimensional Family Sphere Kein Zugriff Seiten 17 - 42
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2. The Family in the Matrix of Habit and History Kein Zugriff Seiten 43 - 56
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1. The Beginnings of Norm and Value Formation in Human Ontogeny and the Role of the Family Kein Zugriff Seiten 59 - 74
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2. Family Storytelling and the Communication of Values Kein Zugriff Seiten 75 - 88
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3. Children, Chores, and Character Formation: A Child-Centered Perspective Kein Zugriff Seiten 89 - 104
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4. Communicating Values by Honoring Families and the Full Humanity of Children: Lessons from Robust Theologies and Detrimental Developments among Protestants Kein Zugriff Seiten 105 - 126
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5. Love Begets Love, and It Starts in the Family Kein Zugriff Seiten 127 - 138
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6. Imitation and Value Formation within the Family Kein Zugriff Seiten 139 - 146
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7. Empty Vessels or Active Agents? Amplifying Young People’s Agency in Character Development in their Families Kein Zugriff Seiten 147 - 162
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8. Old Age within the Polyphony of Sensations, Experiences, and Commitments in Favor of the Neighbor Kein Zugriff Seiten 163 - 178
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9. “Hearts Will Never Be Practical until They Can Be Made Unbreakable”: What Does Parental Love Really Mean in Hard Cases in the Jewish Tradition? Kein Zugriff Seiten 179 - 194
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1. The Heart of the Matter: The Family as the Site of Fundamental Ethical Struggle Kein Zugriff Seiten 197 - 210
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2. The Role of Public Policy in Supporting Safe, Stable, and Nurturing Families in Late Modern Societies Kein Zugriff Seiten 211 - 222
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3. “The Times They Are A-Changin’”: Shifting Patterns of Partnering and Parenting in the United States and Implications for Religious Transmission and Theology Kein Zugriff Seiten 223 - 232
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4. Toward a Renaissance for the African American Family: Confronting the Lie of Black Inferiority Kein Zugriff Seiten 233 - 246
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5. Religion, Education, and the Primacy of the Family Kein Zugriff Seiten 247 - 254
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6. Religious Liberty and Family Diversity: The Legal and Theological Disputes Kein Zugriff Seiten 255 - 274
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7. Equality Alongside Diversity to Build a Stronger Union: The Role of the Family in the Melting Pot Kein Zugriff Seiten 275 - 290
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8. Family Structures and Values in Postwar German Society Kein Zugriff Seiten 291 - 312
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9. “A Most Sacred Covenant”? John Calvin’s Rhetoric of Marriage and Its Implications for Transmitting Values in South Africa Kein Zugriff Seiten 313 - 332
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10. A Renaissance of the Confucian Family? A Preliminary Observation upon Current Discourses about Family in Contemporary China Kein Zugriff Seiten 333 - 344
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Contributors Kein Zugriff Seiten 345 - 347

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