Interfaith Families
Subtitle: Personal Stories of Jewish-Christian Intermarriage
Publisher: Praeger Publishers
Published: March 30, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9780275982256
Subjects: Christian Life - Love & Marriage; Comparative Religion; Marriage; Religion / General; General; Religion - World Religions; Interfaith families; Interfaith marriage; Jews; Social conditions; United States; Religion
First sentence: The couples in these stories have all chosen Judaism to be the primary religion in their homes and families.
Description: "As the number of Jewish-Christian marriages in America continues to rise, couples find themselves searching for ways to navigate the choppy waters of interfaith families. Children, extended family, and communities can all contribute to the strain a marriage might feel when religion is an issue. Should the children be raised in one faith and not the other? Who should decide which holidays to celebrate and how? How can couples deal with extended family members who may not understand or accept the interfaith marriage? Here, couples in Jewish-Christian marriages describe their experiences and reveal intimate details of their lives as members of these unique families. Without being prescriptive, this book offers examples of the successes and failures, struggles and triumphs of such religiously mixed families, shedding light on new ways to approach everyday situations and major life decisions."--Jacket.