Cultivating Christians
North American family cultures and religious identity formation
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20504392 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Karen‐Marie Yust (0000-0003-0509-5291, Union Presbyterian Seminary , Richmond, VA, USA, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue | 3-4 |
| Pages | 260-273 |
| Publication date | 2017-10-02 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Children s Spirituality (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1364-436X • E-ISSN: 1469-8455 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/1364436x.2017.1363721 |
| OpenAlex | W2748919636 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 4 |
North American Christian families face many challenges as they try to live faithfully in an intercultural, multi-religious, secularising world, particularly with regard to the formation of religious identity in children. Answering the question of how children become Christian is more complicated today than it was for previous generations because adults cannot assume that the Christian vestiges of a civil religion will be sufficient to help children embrace a robust sense of themselves as God’s beloved and called people in a divinely created world. Thus, this essay explores what social science research and theological reflection might offer religious leaders as frameworks and tools for encouraging family cultures that cultivate young Christians, focusing particularly on strategies for sharing religious language, communicating beliefs and values, modelling spiritual practices, encountering symbolic images, and participating in congregational life
Aesthetics · Art · Genealogy · Religious identity · Social science · Sociology · Gender Studies · History · Philosophy · Religion and Society Interactions · Religion, Society, and Development · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology · Religious studies
| Citations per year | 0.57 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2019 - 2024 (6) |
| Highly cited | No |