Handing Down the Faith (with Christian Smith)

Think Biblically: Conversations on Faith & Culture

Talbot School of Theology at Biola University / Sean McDowell & Scott Rae

Christian, Talbot, Church, Culture, Biola, Think Biblically, Christianity, Sean Mcdowell, Scott Rae, Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 31 January 2022

⏱️ 35 minutes

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What does the most recent research show about how parents, teachers, youth pastors and concerned adults can pass on their faith to younger generations? In this interview, Sean and Scott talk with Dr. Christian Smith about his latest book Handing Down the Faith (Oxford Press, 2021). They explore the power of parental relationships and also common reasons that prevent faith transmission. Christian Smith is the William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of Sociology and Director of the Center for the...

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0:00.0	Welcome to the podcast Think Bivocally, Conversations on Faith and Culture.
0:06.4	The podcast from Taub School of Theology, Biola University.
0:09.9	I'm your host, Sean McDow, Professor of Apologetics.
0:13.2	And I'm your co-host Scott Ray, Dean of Faculty, and Professor of Christian Ethics.
0:17.2	Today we have with us a return guest speaking about a new book he's written called
0:22.0	handing down the Faith.
0:24.1	His name is Dr. Christian Smith, and he's a professor of sociology at the University of Notre Dame.
0:29.7	He's written more than 20 books, many on the topic we're discussing today, which is about
0:34.3	passing on the faith to the next generation. Dr. Smith, we really appreciate you
0:39.0	coming back and is I've been a huge fan of your work soul searching souls in transition as a youth
0:44.9	worker your insights and as a parent have been so helpful but for starters tell
0:50.2	us what makes this book handing down the faith unique?
0:54.0	Well, thanks for having me on.
0:56.0	Yeah, in the past I've spent many years studying the religious and spiritual lives of teenagers
1:01.0	and 20 year olds.
1:03.0	But this book is focused on their parents instead.
1:05.8	So we learned from the earlier studies in a way
1:08.0	we hadn't fully appreciated how very important parents are
1:11.1	in forming their children, even their teenage children even when the
1:14.0	children and the parents don't realize that. So we went ahead and said well what
1:18.8	there's not a lot of study on religious parents so we we did a big study on religious parents. So we did a big study on religious parents,
1:24.9	how they approach passing on faith to the children,
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