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Soul Mates: Religion, Sex, Love, and Marriage among African Americans and Latinos 1st Edition

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  • Hardcover: 248 pages
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press; 1 edition (February 1, 2016)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0195394224
  • ISBN-13: 978-0195394221
  • Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 1 x 5.8 inches
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4.0 out of 5 starsOn the positive role of religion for black and Latino couples
By Paul Mastin TOP 1000 REVIEWER on November 25, 2015
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It's no secret that marriage has declined in the U.S. It's also generally accepted that marriage lends stability and social improvement. Given these general ideas, sociologists W. Bradford Wilcox and Nicholas Wolfinger investigated the impact of religion on marriage among African-Americans and Latinos. They write about their conclusions in Soul Mates: Religion, Sex, Love, and Marriage among African Americans and Latinos.

Drawing on a wide variety of polling data, as well as personal interviews, Wilcox and Wolfinger concluded that "religion is a force for good in African American and Latino family life." However, they are careful to point out that "although religion benefits many Latino and African American families, it is neither a panacea nor a one-size-fits-all solution."

They provide lots of charts and figures to bolster their claims, but the interviews more effectively personalize the statistics they cite. We hear not only the stories of couples whose lives were turned around because of their religious involvement, but others whose lives do not conform to typical religious norms. All told, those who become involved in religious activity are less likely to be involved in the street subculture ("Del mundo" as Latinos say), which includes, infidelity, drugs and alcohol abuse, and crime and imprisonment.

Some of their findings surprised me. Even though the impact and influence of religion is clear and demonstrable, it is not as significant as I would have thought. For example, those who are involved in religious activities are less likely to divorce, have children outside of marriage, and be incarcerated, but not by as big a margin as you might expect. I was also surprised that the impact tends to be be smaller for blacks than whites.Read more ›
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