ABSTRACT
In this chapter we examine the ‘lived reality of faith transmission’ from parents to children in the context of religious institutions. While we acknowledge that our findings are based on a small and unsystematic sample of families and religious institutions in one American metropolitan area, we are convinced that our findings have potential for application to many settings. It is true that there are some particularities about religion in the USA, such as the fact that religious education is done by religious institutions within civil society, not by state schools or an established church. Nonetheless, our sample includes Christian, Muslim, and Hindu families and institutions, and varies by race and ethnicity, by social class, and by time in this country. Thus, we have confidence that we have found some significant commonalities and processes.
