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Silverstein discusses religiosity, grandparents in sociology journal

Mar 19, 2018

Linked Religious Lives Across Generational Time in Family Lineages: Grandparents as Agents of Transmission

Merril Silverstein & Vern L. Bengtson

Social Networks and the Life Course, March 2018

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Merril Silverstein


In "Linked Religious Lives Across Generational Time in Family Lineages: Grandparents as Agents of Transmission," a chapter in Social Networks and the Life Course, Merril Silverstein, Marjorie Cantor Endowed Professor in Aging, and co-author Vern L. Bengtson examine the extent to which religiosity is stable across generations, specifically in order to understand how grandparents influence the religious orientations of their adolescent and young adult grandchildren. 03/19/18