na INLIS000000000004605 20221019093010 0010-0520004605 221019 | | eng 9780387756202 eng 306.6 306.6 SWE r Swenson, Donald Religion and Family Links : Neofunctionalist Reflections / Donald Swenson New York : Springer, 2008 xii, 189p. : : illus. ; 24 cm. Indeks : p.177-189 This book captures the important relationship between religion and the family with a review of relevant literature on the subject, synthesizing it within a theoretical framework of the family, an introduction to the neofunctionalist theoretical framework of the family, which is then connected to a multidimensional understanding of religion. With a focus on systems and a holistic interpretation of religion, the author uses a systems approach to construct a synthesis of the salient literature on the link between religion and the family. Five system that are embedded in the neofunctionalist theoretical framework are presented: the chronosystem, the organic system, the personality, the social system, and the cultural system. These systems are unified by common religious concepts, including: the idea of the sacred, religious experience, ritual, ethos, and sacred organizations. Religion and sociology 10108/MKRI-P/XI-2008 10107/MKRI-P/XI-2008 10108/MKRI-P/XI-2008 10107/MKRI-P/XI-2008 10107/MKRI-P/XI-2008 10108/MKRI-P/XI-2008