Divorce+Faith: The Next Generation

Research and resources for congregational leaders

In the News

Lauren Green interviews Elizabeth Marquardt, "Does getting a divorce change your kids' view on religion?" (video)

FoxNews.com, 2/1/2013

What faith means for families

Elizabeth Marquardt, Amy Ziettlow and Charles E. Stokes, The Washington Post, 1/16/2013

Lessons From American Girl Dolls: The Divorce Generation

Amy Ziettlow, The Atlantic, 1/18/2013

Researchers: Even amicable divorces take toll on children and their religious attendance

Manya A. Brachear, Chicago Tribune, 1/16/2013

'Families Shape Faith': How divorce affects young adults' religiosity

Matthew Brown, Deseret News, 1/16/2013

The Hazzards' of Marriage, Family, and Faith

Rev. Amy Ziettlow, Charles E. Stokes and Elizabeth Marquardt, The Huffington Post, 3/5/2013

Shape or be shaped: Christians in an era of marriage decline

Carolyn Moynihan, MercatorNet, 2/5/2013

The Science of Divorce

Bruce Hartung, Blogs By Lutherans, 1/31/2013

How Divorce Affects Faith

Elissa Strauss, The Jewish Daily Forward, 1/28/2013

Divorce breeds spiritual disconnect

Tiffany Owens, World Magazine, 1/24/2013

Churches Should Focus on Children of 'Good Divorce,' Study Suggests

Melissa Steffan, Christianity Today, 1/24/2013

Divorce makes children less religious, researchers say

Tulsa World, 1/23/2013

Divorce's Toll

Martin E. Marty, Sightings, 1/21/2013

Facets of Faith for Jan. 19, 2013

Leila Pitchford-English, The Advocate (Baton Rouge), 1/19/2013

Study: Children of Divorce Less Likely to Practice Religion

John Flynn, LC, Zenit, 1/18/2013

Eleven scholars, pastors, and opinion leaders react to "Does the Shape of Families Shape Faith?"

FamilyScholars, 1/17/2013

The Spiritual Impacts of Divorce on Children: Does the Shape of Families Shape Faith?

Wayne Stocks, Divorce Ministry 4 Kids, 1/17/2013

Faith and Family (After Divorce)

Anna Williams, FirstThings, 1/17/2013

An Annotated Bibliography of Books on Children of Divorce, Plus a Few Films

Popular books and films about children of divorce

A Literature Review on the Spiritual Lives of Children of Divorce

Research articles about religion and children of divorce

Study Guide

Coming soon

Conversations

Release of "Does the Shape of Families Shape Faith" Jan. 16, 2013, Fourth Presbyterian Church, Chicago, IL

PODCASTS

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M. Christian Green and other guests discuss "No Divorcee Is An Island"

Huffington Post Live, 8/14/2012

Between Two Worlds: The Spiritual Lives of Children of Divorce

A film with resources for faith communities

Commissioned Papers for Does the Shape of Families Shape Faith? Project

"Family Structure, Family Disruption, and Profiles of Adolescent Religiosity"

By Melinda Lundquist Denton

"The Effects of Parental Marital Discord and Divorce on the Religious and Spiritual Lives of Young Adults"

By Christopher G. Ellison, Anthony B. Walker, Norval D. Glenn, and Elizabeth Marquardt

How Good for Children Is the ‘Good Divorce'? Surprising Findings on Educational Attainment and Marital Success

By Norval D. Glenn

"'There But for the Grace:' The Ethics of Bystanders to Divorce"

By M. Christian Green

"An Attachment Theory Approach to Narrating the Faith Journey of Children of Parental Divorce"

By Chris Kiesling

"'All of a Sudden You Don't Fit:' Clergy and Congregational Responses to Divorce and Marital Conflict"

By Mary Ellen Konieczny

"Broken Vows and the Next Generation: Recognizing and Helping when Parental Divorce Is a Spiritual Trauma"

By Annette Mahoney, H. Warner, E. Krumei

"The Church ‘Taking Form' in ‘Mission: Reimagining Family Ministries within the Missio Dei'"

By Richard R. Osmer

Children of Divorce: The Loss of Family as the Loss of Being

By Andrew Root

"Divorce and the Faith of Children: A Challenge for the Church"

Julie Hanlon Rubio

"Parental Religious Characteristics, Parental Divorce, and the Religious Lives of Young Adults"

By Jeremy Uecker and Chris Ellison

"'Necessity is Laid Upon Us:' Marriage and Divorce Among African Americans and the Black Church Response"

By Robin Johnson Warrington, Stephanie Boddie

"Narrating Divorce in Protestant America"

By Sorcha Brophy Warren

"Subversive versus Discursive Cognition after Parental Divorce: Evidence from the Religious Lives of Children of Divorce"

By Charles E. Stokes