"Essays grew out of a consultation that was held in October, 1988 in Amherst, Massachusetts"--Acknowledgments.
Includes bibliographical references (pages [331]-355) and index.
Introduction : old patterns, new trends, fragile experiments / Nancy Tatom Ammerman and Wade Clark Roof -- Lost in the fifties : the changing family and the nostalgic church / Penny Long Marler -- Boomers and the culture of choice : changing patterns of work, family, and religion / Wade Clark Roof and Lyn Gesch -- Work, family, and faith : recent trends / Bradley R. Hertel -- Responses to changing lifestyles : "feminists" and "traditionalists" in mainstream religion / Lyn Gesch -- Entering the labor force : ideals and realities among evangelical women / Charles Hall --Religion and family ethics : a new strategy for the church / Don S. Browning -- The storm and the light : church, family, work, and social crisis in the African-American experience / Cheryl Townsend Gilkes -- Nurturing and equipping children in the "public church" / Joseph T. Reiff -- Defense workers : a challenge to family and faith / Mary Johnson -- Small faith communities in the Roman Catholic Church : new approaches to religion, work, and family / William V. D'Antonio -- Religious innovation in the mainline church : house churches, home cells, and small groups / Stuart A. Wright --Constructing women's rituals : Roman Catholic women and "Limina" / Mary Jo Neitz -- Couples at work : a study of patterns of work, family, and faith / William Johnson Everett with Sylvia Johnson Everett