This volume examines the intergenerational transmission of religion, spirituality, and secularity. The authors treat intergenerational religious influence as occurring under national-historical conditions that variously reinforce or inhibit the reproduction of religious beliefs and practices across generations.

Foreword, Amy Adamczyk

Introduction, Merril Silverstein, Christel Gärtner, and Maria T. Brown

Chapter 1: Continuities and Discontinuities in the Transmission of (Non-) Religion: West and East Germany Compared, Christel Gärtner, Linda Hennig, and Olaf Müller

Chapter 2: Historical Changes in Childhood Religious Practice in Hungary: Integrating Quantitative and Qualitative Data Using a Mixed Methods Approach, Gergely Rosta, Zsuzsanna Szvetelszky, and Virág Sövegjártó

Chapter 3: Investigating Italian Religious Socialization Paths: Findings and Lessons from a Mixed-Methods Exercise, Roberta Ricucci, Ferruccio Biolcati, Luca Bossi, Marcello Cabria, Renzo Carriero, and Francesco Molteni

Chapter 4: The Complexity of Religious Change across Generations in Finland from the Perspectives of Gender and Religious Biographies, Kati Tervo-Niemelä and Jenni Spännäri

Chapter 5: Transmission, Transformation, and Reversal in the Context of Intergenerational Decline of Religiosity in Canada, Peter Beyer and Jacob Legault-Leclair

Chapter 6: Intergenerational Evolution of Religiosity and Spirituality in Sexual Minorities in an American Sample, Maria T. Brown, Joseph Blankholm, Dusty Hoesly, Woosang Hwang, RianSimone Harris, and Merril Silverstein

Chapter 7: Spiritual Beliefs and Practices of the Non-Religious in an American Context: A Cross-Generational Perspective, Woosang Hwang, Joseph Blankholm, Dusty Hoesly, Maria T. Brown, RianSimone Harris, and Merril Silverstein

About the Contributors

Edited by Merril Silverstein; Christel Gärtner and Maria T. Brown - Foreword by Amy Adamczyk - Contributions by Peter Beyer; Ferruccio Biolcati Rinaldi; Joseph Blankholm; Luca Bossi; Maria T. Brown; Marcello Cabria; Renzo Carriero; Christel Gärtner; RianS