From Culture Wars to Common Ground

What is the status of the American family? How is it changing? Are these changes making anything better? What is the future of the family? Does religion offer a positive answer? Not sinceHabits of the Hearthas one book confronted these important issues with such personal and societal impact. This groundbreaking study argues for the creation of a new family ethic that must be central to the agendas of both contemporary society and the church.The Family, Culture, and Religion series offers informed and responsible analyses of the state of the American family from a religious perspective and provides practical assistance for the family's revitalization.

Don S. Browning is Alexander Campbell Professor of Religious Ethics and the Social Sciences at the University of Chicago Divinity School Bonnie J. Miller-Mclemore is Professor of Pastoral Theology and Counseling, Vanderbilt University Divinity School, Nashville Pamela D. Couture is Associate Professor of Pastoral Theology, Colgate Rochester Divinity School K. Brynolf Lyon is Professor of Practical Theology and Pastoral Care, Christian Theological Seminary, Indianapolis Robert M. Franklin is President of the Interdenominational Theological Center in Atlanta