Beyond Religious Rigidities: Religious Firmness and Religious Flexibility as Complementary Loyalties in Faith Transmission

Dollahite, David C.; Marks, Loren D.; Babcock, Kate; Barrow, Betsy Hughes; Rose, Andrew H.

doi:10.3390/rel10020111

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“…Our research suggests that it is possible to approach religion in ways that unites rather than divides, that heals rather than harms, but that both potentialities are ever present (Dollahite & Marks, ; Dollahite, Marks, Babcock, Barrow, & Rose, ; Kelley, Marks, & Dollahite, in press; Marks & Dollahite, ; Marks, Dollahite, & Young, in press). We hope our efforts in the American Families of Faith project will help families of various religious identities and no religious identity to combine their devotions and their family relationships in ways that uplift and inspire those around them.…”

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Generative Devotion: A Theory of Sacred Relational Care in Families of Faith

Dollahite

Marks

Wurm

2019

J of Family Theo & Revie

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Generative devotion is a middle‐range theory grounded in analyses of interviews with religious and nonreligious families that illuminates ways religion can facilitate strong family relations within and across generations. Generative devotion is a way of approaching religious and spiritual beliefs, practices, and communities that attends to the long‐term well‐being of family members, is essentially other‐oriented, responds to abiding needs of persons, respects the agency of others, and is consciously relational in nature. This article discusses various influences that have informed the development of the theoretical framework of generative devotion; the major terms of the framework and how generative devotion differs from other forms of religious devotion; 10 pathways to generative devotion; a metaprocess (generative family conversations) to better realize generative devotion; and assumptions about devotion in general, shared devotion, and generative devotion. Concepts are illustrated with quotes from in‐depth interviews.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 91%

Generative Devotion: A Theory of Sacred Relational Care in Families of Faith

Dollahite

Marks

Wurm

2019

J of Family Theo & Revie

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“…Over the past two decades, researchers have begun to note that parents and children do influence each other religiously (Dollahite, Marks, Babcock, Barrow, & Rose, 2019;Dollahite & Thatcher, 2008;Pinquart & Silbereisen, 2004). Employing a longitudinal data set, Bengtson et al (2013) utilized the life course perspective concept of "linked lives" to explain how children's and parents' religious decisions have mutual influence.…”

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How parents balance desire for religious continuity with honoring children’s religious agency.

Barrow

Dollahite

Marks

2021

Psychology of Religion and Spirituality

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This study considers relational meanings and processes associated with parents' desire to pass on their religious faith to their children while also honoring their children's personal religious choices. In a nonclinical sample of religious families, we explored meanings related to the significance of faith transmission and children's agency to parents in addition to processes related to religious socialization. Parental desired continuity was defined as parents' desire to have their children remain committed to the faith of their family of origin. Parental perceived agency was defined as parents' perception of their children's right and ability to make personal religious choices. Guided by research questions about how parents balance their desire for religious continuity with their perception of their children's agency, we present a theoretical model that illustrates the relationships between these concepts. Parents and children described relational processes that supported both parent's desires and children's agency such as: (a) teaching principles and values, (b) providing expectations of religious participation and responsibility, (c) setting an example, (d) not forcing faith, (e) allowing exploration and mistakes, and (f) showing respect for children's views. Additional analysis examined parental interpretations of their children's current or future faith choices. These varied interpretations included parents' expressions of failure if their children left their faith, parents' acknowledgment of acceptance of their children's alternative choices, as well as parents' hopes for their children to internalize values and to learn for themselves. These findings support previous research about bidirectional and transactional processes between parents and children and suggest that religious decisions can provide a rich context for these processes.

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“…We concur that transcendent experience-including transcendent religious experience-is far more pervasive and salient than social science research might indicate. For two decades, our work has focused on relational and religious processes and meanings at the nexus of religion and family life (Chelladurai et al 2018;Dollahite et al 2002Dollahite et al , 2019aDollahite et al , 2019b2019c;2019d;Marks et al 2019). We have explored these connections using rigorous qualitative analyses of a large and diverse sample of American families from many faiths (see http://AmericanFamiliesofFaith.byu.edu).…”

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confidence: 99%

How Relationship-Enhancing Transcendent Religious Experiences during Adversity Can Encourage Relational Meaning, Depth, Healing, and Action

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Research on the relationship between religion, spirituality, and health suggests that religious involvement can help people deal with various kinds of adversity. Although there has been a great deal of work on the influence of religious involvement and religious and spiritual practices on physical, mental, and relational health, there exists a gap in the theoretical and empirical literature about the potential benefits of transcendent religious experiences on marriage and family relationships. We report some findings from a study of in-depth interviews with 198 religious American exemplar families from diverse religious, ethnic, and geographic backgrounds. The religious-ethnic make-up of the sample included: African American Christian (13%), Asian Christian (12%), Catholic and Orthodox Christian (11%), White Evangelical Christian (12%), White Mainline Christian (10%), Latter-day Saint (LDS, Mormon), (14%), Jewish (16%), and Muslim (12%). Systematic group coding resulted in the findings that, during times of adversity, transcendent religious experiences reportedly (a) provided relational meaning, (b) increased relational depth, (c) healed relational hurt, and (d) encouraged relational action. We suggest implications for theory, research, clinical practice, and pastoral work.

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Beyond Religious Rigidities: Religious Firmness and Religious Flexibility as Complementary Loyalties in Faith Transmission

Cited by 26 publications

References 37 publications

Generative Devotion: A Theory of Sacred Relational Care in Families of Faith

Generative Devotion: A Theory of Sacred Relational Care in Families of Faith

How parents balance desire for religious continuity with honoring children’s religious agency.

How Relationship-Enhancing Transcendent Religious Experiences during Adversity Can Encourage Relational Meaning, Depth, Healing, and Action

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