Family, Religion and the American Republic

2018 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
pp. 78-96
Author(s):  
D. Eric Schansberg ◽  
Keyword(s):  
World War Ii ◽  
Family Structure ◽  
Religious Faith ◽  
Marriage And Family ◽  
The Past ◽  
Long Run ◽  
The Family ◽  
The Future ◽  
American Experiment ◽  
The Republic

Indications are that the success of the American experiment is fading. Perceived declines in family and religion are of particular concern as key aspects of civil society. But family and religion are difficult to measure, and it is challenging to have clarity about our own times and the past. The 1950s are commonly seen as the end of a long run of success for religion and family in America. Yet marriage and family have consistently gone through cycles of growth and decline. Thus, post-World War II religion was more “civil religion” than Christianity. To gain perspective on the past and envision the future, this essay revisits two classic books: Carle Zimmerman’s 1947 study of the family and Will Herberg’s 1955 study of religion. Zimmerman describes a decline in family structure that seems to fit the last 50 years. But other literature indicates that we may be at the trough of a cycle in family structure. How much does family structure matter to society, and what is the future of the family in America? Herberg describes religion as largely a way of “belonging”--more cultural than religious. How do cultural and “religious” dimensions contribute to the health of a society? Without vibrant religious faith and strong families, can we keep the republic?

scholarly journals Legal Measures of State Care for the Family in the Republic of Belarus in the Forms of Family Protection and Marriage Strengthening

2021 ◽  
pp. 045-053
Author(s):  
M. V. Andryiashka ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Statistical Data ◽  
Additional Term ◽  
Marriage And Family ◽  
National Legislation ◽  
Administrative Procedure ◽  
The Family ◽  
Administrative Procedures ◽  
The Republic

The article analyzes individual measures aimed at protecting and strengthening the institutions of marriage and family in the Republic of Belarus, in particular, the establishment of a differentiated rate of state duty charged for divorce in both judicial and administrative procedures, as well as the provision of basic and additional term for divorcing spouses to take reconciliation measures. The article is based both on the norms of international legal acts and their interpretation by the authorized bodies, as well as on the norms of the national legislation of the Republic of Belarus and current statistical data. The article draws a number of conclusions: on the non-uniform application of security terminology in relation to the institutions of marriage and family; on the irrational approach to setting the rates of state fees charged for divorce in an administrative procedure; on unnecessary administrative barriers in the form of a two-month term for registration of a divorce in administrative procedure.

Legacy

2019 ◽  
pp. 169-190
Author(s):  
Rachel Chrastil
Keyword(s):  
Life Stories ◽  
Future Generations ◽  
Family Tree ◽  
New Paradigm ◽  
Human Flourishing ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Family ◽  
The Future ◽  
Necessary Connections

What happens to our stuff when we die? How might we reimagine the family tree? Childlessness raises, among others, questions about legacy, inheritance, our relationship with future generations, our ability to shape the future, and the narratives we tell about the past and the future. The author examines several life stories to help readers begin to envision childlessness within a new paradigm of meaning. This chapter encourages readers to consider new metaphors for how they think about childlessness. It ends with considerations about the deep and necessary connections between the childless and the childful within the quest for human flourishing.

scholarly journals Thirty Years of Integrative Doctoral Training: Historic Developments, Assessment of Outcomes, and Recommendations for the Future

2003 ◽  
Vol 31 (2) ◽  
pp. 83-96 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. Brad Johnson ◽  
Mark R. Mcminn
Keyword(s):  
Professional Training ◽  
Doctoral Programs ◽  
American Psychological Association ◽  
Religious Faith ◽  
The United States ◽  
Steady Increase ◽  
Training Outcomes ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Future ◽  
Psychology Doctoral

Integrative clinical psychology doctoral programs explicitly blend religious faith with professional training. During the past thirty years, there has been a steady increase in the number of integrative programs in the United States, yet the mission-relevant training outcomes of these programs remain largely unknown. In this article, we review published literature relative to integrative doctoral programs and offer an assessment of the training outcomes recently reported by those integrative programs currently accredited by the American Psychological Association (APA). We briefly summarize the distinctive strengths and relative weaknesses of integrative programs and consider the primary challenges they now face. We conclude with several specific recommendations designed to help integrative doctoral programs thrive in the future.

scholarly journals EVERYTHING BUT THE SQUEAL

1962 ◽  
Vol 38 (1) ◽  
pp. 14-19
Author(s):  
P. M. Morley
Keyword(s):  
World War Ii ◽  
Forest Resources ◽  
World War ◽  
Primary Processing ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Future ◽  
Forest Industries ◽  
Logging Residue ◽  
Multiple Product

Foresters are now in a better position than at any time in the past to get the maximum use out of our forest resources. Since World War II, the forest industries in Canada have tended more and more towards multiple product operations. The problem of transportation is being solved either by more primary processing in the woods, by better use of "residues" at the mill, or by the formation of mill aggregates. In the future, we may look for more attention being paid towards the better utilization of logging residue.

scholarly journals The Importance of Marriage and Family in the Narratives of Adult Children of Divorced Parents

2015 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 155-171
Author(s):  
Maja Piotrowska
Keyword(s):  
Adult Children ◽  
Children Of Divorce ◽  
Marriage And Family ◽  
Life Event ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Family ◽  
Church Law ◽  
Past Experiences ◽  
Happy Family ◽  
Attitudes Towards Marriage

Abstract We live in a world where all the beliefs, passed from one generation to another, all our values are being redefined. Notions of marriage and family also receive different meaning. Today, the term „marriage” extends its meaning, not limiting itself to the naming of „entangled” couples by legal or church law. It also refers to people who consider themselves to be linked with each other, not only by legal terms, people whose relationships are different on various levels from the traditionally understood marriage. However, for generations we have invariably associated the notion of family with love, support, warmth and place of meeting with people important and valuable to us, on who we can count on and expect some help when we need it. Such an importance given to the family was revealed in my interviews with the adult children of divorced parents. People involved in my research often stressed the great value they associate with this smallest social group. Statements about marriage and family seem to be firmly rooted in the past experiences, which is reflected in their convictions concerning the impermanence of marriage and family systems. On the other hand, one can notice an intense longing for what they could not experience in the past - a stable and happy family. I believe that in the context of the presented narrations one can conclude that the divorce of the parents as the critical life event is strongly written in the identity of „the children of divorce”. It highly influences their attitudes towards marriage, family and relationships in general.

scholarly journals “THE SHAWL”, THE SUBALTERN, AND THE CASE OF THE SUBALTERN GENOCIDE

2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 153-160
Author(s):  
Natan Gultom
Keyword(s):  
World War Ii ◽  
Short Story ◽  
Jewish Woman ◽  
Concentration Camp ◽  
World War ◽  
Subaltern Studies ◽  
Holocaust Studies ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Future ◽  
The Relationship

Holocaust studies post-World War II have found ways in intersecting to other studies within the Postmodern era. In 1980, a short-story “The Shawl” was written depicting a holocaust brutality done towards the Jews. The story revolves around a Jewish woman, Rosa, that lived through the bitterness of seeing her daughter, Magda, being slaughtered in a concentration camp. In the context of “The Shawl”, this article would like to describe the relationship between holocaust studies and the subaltern studies within postcolonialism. Furthermore, this article discusses if there are hints “The Shawl” invokes a sentiment for the Jews to take revenge towards their former oppressors. The aim of this article is to further the argument “The Shawl” has no characteristics of taking revenge which eventually leads to subaltern genocide. “The Shawl” functions better as a remembrance so generations of the future do not repeat the horrors of the past.

scholarly journals Social Entrepreneurship: Strategic Development in Croatia

2018 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 129-143
Author(s):  
Marko Kolaković ◽  
Mladen Turuk ◽  
Ivan Turčić
Keyword(s):  
Social Entrepreneurship ◽  
Social Enterprise ◽  
Social Entrepreneur ◽  
Strategic Development ◽  
Strategic Framework ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Future ◽  
The Republic

Abstract Social Entrepreneurship is an area of entrepreneurship and economics in general that have become more and more popular in the last 30 years across the whole globe. However, the topics related to social entrepreneurship came in focus in Croatia during the past years due to developing and adopting the Strategy for the Development of Social Entrepreneurship in the Republic of Croatia for the period from 2015 to 2020. This paper will provide an overview of the relevant definitions of social entrepreneurship, social entrepreneur and social enterprise (with reference to the Strategy). The aim of this paper is to analyse the strategic framework for development of social entrepreneurship in Croatia and finally, to propose the direction of development of social entrepreneurship in Croatia in the future.

scholarly journals Studiing Modern Archival Science in Croatia

Atlanti ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 87-95
Author(s):  
Željka Dmitrus
Keyword(s):  
Data Security ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Digital Content ◽  
Archival Science ◽  
Digital Archives ◽  
Archival Material ◽  
The Past ◽  
Long Run ◽  
The Future ◽  
The Moment

By definition, archival science is a set of knowledge about archival material and archival activity. Archival scienceis a young science because it has been developing for the past hundred years. More recently, theory, practice and methodology have been formed. When we talk about archival material, we need to know that it’s not just a pile of old paper preserved in the dark archive storage rooms. Archival material is a record in continuity - from the moment it is created, until the moment someone searches for that record. Today it is a common belive that archives are the memory of society and a part of cultural heritage. Today, documents are mostly generated in electronic form. From a practical point of view, modern archival science deals with answers to contemporary issues such as: How to organize digitalisation of archival material? How to keep digital content in the long run? How to organize digital archives? How to care for data security? These are just some questions that will have to be answered by the generations that come - young archivists. To be able to protect contemporary archives for the future we will have to find abwers to above questions, than only by protecting the present we will be able to preserve it for the future.

scholarly journals Material Geographies of House Societies: Reconsidering Neolithic Çatalhöyük, Turkey

2018 ◽  
Vol 28 (4) ◽  
pp. 565-590 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ian Kuijt
Keyword(s):  
Single Family ◽  
Social Unit ◽  
Family Household ◽  
Internal Organization ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Family ◽  
The Future ◽  
House Societies ◽  
The Dead ◽  
Family House

This paper explores how people within Neolithic villages were connected to co-resident multi-family households, and considers the potential material footprint of multi-family households within Neolithic villages. Drawing upon data from Çatalhöyük, I suggest that Neolithic communities were organized around multiple competing and cooperating Houses, similar to House Societies, where house members resided in clusters of abutting buildings, all largely the same size and with similar internal organization. These space were deeply connected to telling the generative narratives of the House as a historical and genealogical social unit, including the lives and actions of the ancestors, and in some cases embedding them physically within the fabric of the building. Çatalhöyük multi-family House members decorated some important rooms with display elaboration that focused on the past, the future and the family, while the dead from the households, who in many ways were still alive and part of the ancestral House, lived beneath the floor. This study underlines that researchers need to consider social scales beyond the single-family household and consider how the multi-family House existed as an organizational foundation within Neolithic villages.

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