Prayer in Muslim families: A qualitative exploration

Hatch, Trevan; Alghafli, Zahra; Marks, Loren D.; Rose, Andrew H.; Rose, Jennifer R.; Hardy, Benjamin; Lambert, Nathaniel M.

doi:10.1080/15426432.2017.1300079

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“…(Chelladurai, Dollahite, & Marks, ; Hatch et al, , ; Marks, Hatch, Dollahite, & Rose, ; Skipper, Marks, & Chaney, in press). Many participants reported a pattern of offering relational prayer (couple and/or family prayer) and that such shared worship brought family members together in desire to serve God and others.…”

Section: Generative Devotion Frameworkmentioning

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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: Generative Devotion Frameworkmentioning

confidence: 99%

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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“…In conflictual situations, individual and couple prayer reportedly deescalated hostile emotions, facilitated empathy, and encouraged couple responsibility for reconciliation and problem solving (Butler et al, 1998). Similarly, prayer appeared to facilitate humility and positivity in individuals and improving communication and understanding among couples (Hatch et al, 2016(Hatch et al, , 2017. Inward prayers, including confession, enabled individuals to introspect, become less defensive, and have empathy toward family members and also seemed to have a bonding effect by facilitating family togetherness (Marsh & Dallos, 2001).…”

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“…Although prayer in relationships has been shown to have mostly positive transformational effects (Goodman, Dollahite, Marks, & Layton, 2013;Hatch et al, 2016Hatch et al, , 2017, like other aspects of religion, it also has the potential to be damaging, when misunderstood or misapplied (Dollahite, Marks, & Dalton, 2018). As a corollary to findings that suggest different types of prayers have different individual subjective well-being outcomes (Ai, Tice, Huang, Rodgers, & Bolling, 2008), certain approaches to prayer in relationships can also have negative outcomes.…”

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“The family that prays together . . .”: Relational processes associated with regular family prayer.

Chelladurai¹,

Dollahite²,

Marks³

2018

Journal of Family Psychology

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In the present article we explored how family prayer reportedly influenced family relationships. We conceptualized family prayer as a family ritual in religious families and used a qualitative methodology to interview a religiously, ethnically, and geographically diverse sample of 198 families ( = 476). Analysis of data revealed 7 related themes. Family prayer served important functions and influenced relationships in various ways including (a) as a time of family togetherness and interaction; (b) as a space for social support; and (c) as a means for intergenerational transmission of religion. Further, family prayer (d) involved issues and concerns of individuals and the family; (e) helped reduce relational tensions; (f) provided feelings of connectedness, unity, and bonding. Finally, (g) families struggled to pray together when there was disunity. Implications, applications, and future directions are addressed. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2018 APA, all rights reserved).

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“…Unfortunately, empirical research and/or scholarly evidence that conveys deeper insight and awareness regarding connections between religious practices and family relationships for Muslim families is scarce (Alghafli 2015). More specifically, there is a dearth of empirical social science literature that sheds light on practicing Muslim families living in the United States, though some work is emerging (see Alghafli et al 2014bAlghafli et al , 2017Britto and Amer 2007;Franceschelli and O'Brien 2014;Hatch et al 2017). First, however, we offer a brief overview of the extant research on Muslims and Muslim families, most of which is based on non-U.S. samples.…”

Section: Social Science Research On Religion and Family Lifementioning

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A Qualitative Study of Ramadan: A Month of Fasting, Family, and Faith

Alghafli¹,

Hatch

Rose

et al. 2019

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Islam is a major world religion and the Muslim population is one of the fastest growing religious populations in the Western world, including in the United States. However, few research studies have examined the lived religious experience of U.S. Muslim families. Much of the attention on Islam among researchers and the media tends to be on controversial aspects of the religion. The purpose of this paper is to examine the unique religious practice of the month-long fast of Ramadan, especially its perceived role on marital and familial relationships from an insider’s perspective. Content analysis of in-depth, qualitative interviews of twenty diverse Shia and Sunni Muslim families living in the United States (N = 47 individuals) yielded several emergent themes. This study presents and explores data on the focal theme: “fasting brings us closer together.” These data suggest that Ramadan serves a sacred, unifying, and integrating purpose for many of the 47 practicing Muslim mothers, fathers, and youth in this study. Meanings and processes involved in Ramadan and family relationships are explored and explained. Implications and applications of the research findings are discussed and some potential directions for future research are outlined.

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Prayer in Muslim families: A qualitative exploration

Cited by 10 publications

References 82 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

“The family that prays together . . .”: Relational processes associated with regular family prayer.

A Qualitative Study of Ramadan: A Month of Fasting, Family, and Faith

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