Religion and Families

Religion and Families Resources

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from Zippy Weekly Videos

Christmas Food Court Flash Mob, Hallelujah Chorus

There’s nothing like a flash mob to get you into the spirit of the holidays. In this fabulous video, unsuspecting shoppers are treated to an expert rendition of Handel’s "Hallelujah Chorus."

from Pew report: How the faithful voted

Report: How the Faithful Vote: 2012 Preliminary Analysis

Read the report by clicking the link.

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Religion and Well-being: Individual, Marital, and Family Connections - Video Recording

Religious participation produces better relationships. Using national data from the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing study, we show how the effects of regular church attendance on relationship satisfaction varies by sex and marital status.

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Steadying the Tectonic Plates: On Being Spiritual, Feminist, and Professional - Video Recording

This session examines the integration of the personal values of professionals (based in religious, gender, and ethnic identity) with professional practice (therapy, education, research, etc.), addressing issues from the perspectives of both professionals and their audiences. Runtime: 1:18:33

from Video Lexicon

Pauline Boss on Ambiguous Loss

In this video, former NCFR president and Burgess Award Winner Pauline Boss discusses the theory of Ambiguous Loss, a term she coined in the 1970s.

Little Mosque on the Prairie

CBC Television's hit sitcom LITTLE MOSQUE ON THE PRAIRIE is the internationally-acclaimed comedy about Muslims and Christians attempting to live in harmony with each other in the small town of Mercy. And they are about to learn that it isn't as easy as they thought. It is an enjoyable weekly comedy looking at the trials and tribulations of interfaith communications and the amusing aspects of "living Islam" with other Muslims and non-Muslims within a family, through friendship or in a small Winnipeg community.

Acts of Faith: The Story of an American Muslim, the Struggle for the Soul of a Generation

Patel (founder and executive director, Interfaith Youth Core, "a Chicago-based international nonprofit building the interfaith youth movement") is an Indian Muslim who grew up outside of Chicago. In this memoir, he explores the evolution of his own religious and cultural identity as he gradually came to reject anger at being excluded from mainstream American society in order to promote interfaith awareness with a focus on younger generations.

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Intergenerational cultural bonds: A look at Ukrainian-American families

by Christina M. Bobesky, M.S., doctoral student in Child and Family Studies at Syracuse University

Political and economic turmoil have challenged the stability of family life and national heritage in Ukraine for several decades. In an effort to highlight my Ukrainian roots and shed light on a unique group of White ethnics, I discuss intergenerational relationships, such as that of grandparent and grandchild, within the context of Ukrainian-American culture.

Iluminando Program. Free Domestic Violence Curriculum for Working with Faith Communities

The program’s goal is to give these church leaders the background and preparation they need in order to offer variety of domestic violence prevention and intervention activities in their churches and communities. Please check out the manuals and powerpoints.

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The Lenses of Religion in Sexuality and Marriage- Audio Recording

Religiosity and Sexual Perceptions of African-American Young Men, Julie A. Zaloudek

Clergy Use of Premarital Assessment Questionnaires, Joe Wilmoth, Samantha Smyser

Religion and Strong, Happy, Enduring Black Marriages, Loren Marks, Katrina Hopkins, Cassandra Chaney, Diane Sasser

Multi-level Theorizing of Family Values in a Neo-Functionalist Framework, Don Swenson

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