Episode 72: The Transmission of Faith from Parents to Children (Byran Korth)

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🗓️ 16 January 2023

⏱️ 46 minutes

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We have all inherited things from our parents: everything from genetics to family values. But how do parents pass on religious belief and faith to their children? Church history and doctrine professor Byran Korth talks about his research on religion and families, the parenting styles that help parents to transmit their faith to the next generation—and why this understanding is so crucial in our modern world.

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0:00.0	Hi, why religion friends, Professor Anthony Swat here from BYU Religious Education.
0:04.2	Welcome to another great episode of the Why Religion Podcast where we bring you
0:08.6	recent research from BYU religion faculty to help enlighten your mind and
0:12.8	strengthen your faith. Whether we like it or not, we have all inherited things
0:18.9	from our parents and we pass them on to our own children. We inherit and pass on
0:24.4	things like height, eye color, DNA, and even certain mannerisms and sayings. We
0:30.9	pass on favorite family recipes and family traditions and family values.
0:36.0	For the most part we know how those things get passed on to the next generation.
0:41.9	But how do we pass on a spiritual inheritance? In other words, how do we
0:48.2	transmit faith to our children? Professor Byron Corp of BYU
0:53.2	Traitistry and Doctrine specializes in studying religion in the family and has
0:58.3	recently published a research article with two other BYU researchers called
1:02.7	the How and What of Modern Religious Transmission and its implication for
1:08.0	families. We got some really good data and information regarding the what is
1:15.0	transmitted and how it's transmitted to help us again increase our
1:20.1	understanding on how to improve our transmission of our religiosity and
1:24.9	spirituality to the next generation. In today's episode Professor Corp helps us
1:30.0	explore his research about what religious faith parents want to pass on to the
1:35.2	children, how they do it, and especially why the faithful should always have
1:40.1	hope in the ability of God to work through parents to reach his children. This is
1:45.9	why religion.
1:55.9	Each year, religion professors at Brigham Young University produce hundreds of
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