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Does the Shape of Families Shape Faith? Challenging the Churches to Confront the Impact of Family Change

Family Scholars • Institute for American Values • 2013

Does the Shape of Families Shape Faith? represents a major effort to examine and understand the religious and spiritual lives of young adults who experienced parental divorce. In addition to highlighting the most recent scholarly work on the subject, this report offers extended reflections from a ma...

Why Marriage Matters, Third Edition : Thirty Conclusions from the Social Sciences

Family Scholars • Institute for American Values • 2011

For most of the latter-half of the twentieth century, divorce posed the greatest threat to child well-being and the institution of marriage. Today, that is not the case. New research – made available for the first time in this third edition of "Why Marriage Matters" – suggests that the r...

Why Marriage Matters, Second Edition : Twenty-Six Conclusions from the Social Sciences

Family Scholars • Institute for American Values • 2005

Sixteen social scientists summarize marriage-related research into an extremely useful, succinct form.

Why Marriage Matters, Second Edition : Twenty-Six Conclusions from the Social Sciences

Family Scholars • Institute for American Values • 2005

Sixteen social scientists summarize marriage-related research into an extremely useful, succinct form.