Coping in an Interfaith Family [Library Binding]

Gwen K. Packard (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 1993 | Series: Coping

Discusses the effects of living in an interfaith family, with an emphasis on the strengthening of spirituality, the promotion of accepting differences, and other positive aspects.

Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

Grade 7-12-- Packard quotes extensively from interviews with interfaith couples and their children to give concrete examples of the issues and problems they face. After discussing the trend toward more interfaith unions and policies of various religions toward intermarriage, she explores how families practice their faiths, how parents and children cope with religious holidays, the choice of conversion or maintaining separate faiths, the reaction of parents, and the problematic and positive effects of experiencing two different religions within a home. The use of interviews makes the text interesting and lively to read; however, as various people are quoted numerous times, it gets a bit repetitive. The book may be of interest to teens dating someone of another faith as it points out some of the issues they may have to face and shows the process by which parents work out their problems in the family. A list of resource organizations and suggested fiction and nonfiction for further reading add to its usefulness. --Jane Gardner Connor, South Carolina State Library, Columbia
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Product Details

• Library Binding: 183 pages
• Publisher: Rosen Publishing Group; 1st edition (February 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0823914526
• ISBN-13: 978-0823914524
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.8 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.7 ounces
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,663,563 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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