Work, Family and Religion in Contemporary Society

1. Introduction: Old Patterns, New Trends, Fragile Experiments Nancy Tatom Ammerman and Wade Clark Roof; Part I: Assessing the Trends: 2. Lost in the Fifties: The Changing Family and the Nostalgic Church Penny Long Marler; 3. Boomers and the Culture of Choice: Changing Patterns of Work, Family, and Religion Wade Clark Roof and Lyn Gesch; 4. Work, Family, and Faith: Recent Trends Bradley R. Hertel; 5. Responses to Changing Lifestyles: Feminists and Traditionalists in Mainstream Religion Lyn Gesch; 6. Entering the Labor Force: Ideals and Realities among Evangelical Women Charles Hall; Part II: Exploring New Patterns: 7. Religion and Family Ethics: A New Strategy for the Church Don S. Browning; 8. The Storm and the Light: Church, Family, Work, and Social Crisis in the African-American Experience Cheryl Townsend Gilkes; 9. Nurturing and Equipping Children in the Public Church Joseph T. Reiff; 10. Defense Workers: A Challenge to Family and Faith Mary Johnson, SND; 11. Small Faith Communities in the Roman Catholic Church: New Approaches to Religion, Work, and Family William V. D'Antonio; 12. Religious Innovation in the Mainline Church: House Churches, Home Cells, and Small Groups Stuart A. Wright; 13. Constructing Women's Rituals: Roman Catholic Women and 'Limina' Mary Jo Neitz; 14. Couples at Work: A Study of Patterns of Work, Family, and Faith William Johnson Everett with Sylvia Johnson Everett.