Human development

About the discipline

When studying human families, it is important to look at whether and to what degree religion plays a role in human development and family relationships. Religion and religious practice can be factors that bind a family together, or enforce negative practices of child-rearing that result in isolation as children or adults. When learning about human development and families, practitioners can in many cases factor in religion as an influence for relationships, self-definition and behavior. Read More »

Articles

  • “Beyond the Nuclear Family? Familism and Gender Ideology in Diverse Religious Communities” by Penny Edgell and Danielle Docka. Sociological Forum. 22, no. 1 (2007): 26-51.
  • “The Religious Dimensions of the Grandparent Role in Three-Generation African American Households” by Sharon V. King, et al. Journal of Religion, Spirituality and Aging. 19, no. 1 (2006): 75-96.
  • “Friends’ Religiosity and First Sex” by Amy Adamczyk and Jacob Felson. Social Science Research. 35, no. 4 (2006): 924-47
  • “Superstition and Belief as Inevitable By-products of an Adaptive Learning Strategy” by Jan Beck and Wolfgang Forstmeier. Human Nature. 18, no. 1 (2007): 35-46.
  • “Parenting, Not Religion, Makes Us Into Moral Agents” by Benhamin Beit-Hallahmi. Behavioral and Brain Sciences. 29, no. 5 (2006): 464-5.
  • “Age and Gender Differences in Adaptation and Subjective Well-Being of Older Adults Residing in Monastic Religious Communities” by Alwx Bishop. Pastoral Psychology. 55, no. 2 (2006): 131-43.
  • “Religion is Natural” by Paul Bloom. Developmental Science. 10, no. 1 (2007): 147-51.
  • “Children’s Spirituality and Postmodern Faith” by Clive Erricker. International Journal of Children’s Spirituality. 12, no. 1 (2007): 51-60.
  • “Lack of Moderation in Families Alienates Children from Religion“. Ahlul Bayt News Agency. Aug. 19, 2011.
  • “How Religiosity Helps Couples Prevent, Resolve, and Overcome Marital Conflict” by Nathanial M. Lambert. Family Relations. 55, no. 4 (2006): 439-49.
  • “Forgiveness and Therapy: A Critical Review of Conceptualizations, Practices, and Values Found in the Literature” by Terri-Ann Legaree, Jean Turner and Susan Lollis. Journal of Marital & Family Therapy. 33, no. 2 (2007): 192-213.
  • “Exploring the Links Between Spirituality and ‘Successful Ageing’” by Euan Sadler and Simon Biggs. Journal of Social Work Practice. 20, no. 3 (2006): 267-80.
  • “Parent–adolescent communication about sexuality: The role of adolescents’ beliefs, subjective norm and perceived behavioral control” by Barbara C Schouten, et. al. Patient Education & Counseling. 66, no. 1 (2007): 75-83.
  • “Adolescent Risk Behaviors and Religion: Findings From a National Study” by Jill W. Sinha, Ram A. Cnaan and Richard J. Gelles. Journal of Adolescence. 30, no. 2 (2007): 231-249.
  • “Human Development and the Demography of Secularization in Global Perspective” by Eric Kaufmann. Interdisciplinary Journal of Research on Religion, Volume 2008, Article 1.
  • “Religion as a resource for positive youth development: Religion, social capital, and moral outcomes” by Pamela Ebstyne King and James L. Furrow. American Psychological Association, 2004.
  • “A Challenge for Churches: Adulthood Takes Its Time” by Peter Steinfels. The New York Times, Dec. 8, 2007.

Books

  • Society Without God: What the Least Religious Nations Can Tell Us about Contentment. Phil Zuckerman. New York University Press, 2008.
  • The handbook of spiritual development in childhood and adolescence. Eugene C. Roehlkepartain, Pamela Ebstyne King and Linda Wagener. Sage, 2005.
  • Sacred Matters: Religion and Spirituality by Wesley R. Burr, Loren D. Marks and Randal D. Day. Routledge Academic, 2011.
  • The Spiritual Life of Children. Robert Coles. Mariner Books, 1991.
  • Psychology, Religion, and Spirituality, Chapter “Fundamentals of Human Development, Religion, and Spirituality” by James M. Nelson. Springer New York, 2009.
  • Religion and Human Development: An Asian Perspective. Imtiyaz Yusef (ed.) Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, 2008.
  • Handbook of Child Psychology: Theoretical models of human development. William Damon and Richard M. Lerner. John Wiley and Sons, 2006.
  • Human Development and Faith: Life-Cycle Stages of Body, Mind, and Soul. Felicity B. Kelcourse (ed.). Christian Board of Publication, 2004.
  • The Psychologies in Religion: Working with the Religious Client. E. Thomas Dowd and Stevan Nielsen. Springer Publishing Company, 2006.
  • Race, Religion and Law in Colonial India: Trials of an Interracial Family (Cambridge Studies in Indian History and Society) by Chandra Mallampalli. Cambridge University Press, 2011.
  • The cultural nature of human development. Barbara Rogoff. Oxford University Press, 2003.

Case studies

  • “Resilience and development: Contributions from the study of children who overcome adversity by Ann S. Mastern, Karin M. Best and Norman Garmezy. Development and Psychopathology. Cambridge University Press (online), 2 : 425-444, Oct. 31, 2008.
  • An Introduction to the Human Development and Capability Approach: Freedom and Agency. Severine Deneulin and Lila Shahani (eds.). United Nations Development Programme, EarthScan, 2009.
  • Religion in the emergence of civilization: Çatalhöyük as a case study by Ian Hodder. Cambridge University Press, 2010.

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Recent research

  • Adamczyk, Amy and Jacob Felson. “Friends’ Religiosity and First Sex.” Social Science Research. 35, no. 4 (2006): 924-47.
  • Beck, Jan and Wolfgang Forstmeier. “Superstition and Belief as Inevitable By-products of an Adaptive Learning Strategy.” Human Nature. 18, no. 1 (2007): 35-46.
  • Beit-Hallahmi, Benjamin. “Parenting, Not Religion, Makes Us Into Moral Agents.” Behavioral and Brain Sciences. 29, no. 5 (2006): 464-5.
  • Bishop, Alex. “Age and Gender Differences in Adaptation and Subjective Well-Being of Older Adults Residing in Monastic Religious Communities.” Pastoral Psychology. 55, no. 2 (2006): 131-43.
  • Bloom, Paul. “Religion is Natural.” Developmental Science. 10, no. 1 (2007): 147-51.
  • Bulanda, Jennifer Roebuck. “Doing Family, Doing Gender, Doing Religion: Structured Ambivalence and the Religion-Family Connection.” Journal of Family Theory & Review. Vol. 3, No. 3 (Sept. 2011): 179-97.
  • Edgell, Penny and Danielle Docka. “Beyond the Nuclear Family? Familism and Gender Ideology in Diverse Religious Communities.” Sociological Forum. 22, no. 1 (2007): 26-51.
  • Erricker, Clive. “Children’s Spirituality and Postmodern Faith.” International Journal of Children’s Spirituality. 12, no. 1 (2007): 51-60.
  • Lambert, Nathaniel M. “How Religiosity Helps Couples Prevent, Resolve, and Overcome Marital Conflict.” Family Relations. 55, no. 4 (2006): 439-49.
  • Legaree, Terri-Ann, Jean Turner and Susan Lollis. “Forgiveness and Therapy: A Critical Review of Conceptualizations, Practices, and Values Found in the Literature.” Journal of Marital & Family Therapy. 33, no. 2 (2007): 192-213.
  • Mahoney, Annette. “Religion in Families 1999-2009: A Relational Spirituality Framework.” Journal of Marriage and Family. Vol. 72, No. 4 (Aug. 2010): 805-27.
  • Pickering, Lloyd E and Alexander T. Vazsonyi. “Does Family Process Mediate the Effect of Religiosity on Adolescent Deviance? Revisiting the Notion of Spuriousness.” Criminal Justice and Behavior. Vol. 37, No. 1 (Jan. 2010): 97-118.
  • Sadler, Euan and Simon Biggs. “Exploring the Links Between Spirituality and ‘Successful Ageing.’” Journal of Social Work Practice. 20, no. 3 (2006): 267-80.
  • Schouten, Barbara C., et. al. “Parent–adolescent communication about sexuality: The role of adolescents’ beliefs, subjective norm and perceived behavioral control.” Patient Education & Counseling. 66, no. 1 (2007): 75-83.
  • Sinha, Jill W., Ram A. Cnaan and Richard J. Gelles. “Adolescent Risk Behaviors and Religion: Findings From a National Study.” Journal of Adolescence. 30, no. 2 (2007): 231-249.

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