Transmission of Religious Beliefs across Generations: Do Grandparents Matter?
Despite substantial changes in the family's structure over the past four decades, parents continue to exert a lasting imprint on the religious ideology and commitments of their children. However, research on the intergenerational transmission of religious beliefs, values and practices to younger ge...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Comparative Family Studies Vol. 38; no. 4; pp. 497 - 511 |
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Journal of Comparative Family Studies
Autumn 2007
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