Symposium on Religion and Politics
THE FUTURE OF MARRIAGE AND THE
FAMILY
“Marriage, Childbearing, and Culture”
Reading Packet 4
2014–2015
24 quincy road, chestnut hill, massachusetts 02467 tel: 617.552.1861 fax: 617.552.1863 email: publife@bc.edu web: www.bc.edu/boisi B O S T O N C O L L E G E BOISI CENTER FOR RELIGION AND AMERICAN PUBLIC LIFE Symposium on Religion and Politics
THE FUTURE OF MARRIAGE AND THE FAMILY
“Marriage, Childbearing, and Culture”
Table of Contents:
James Q. Wilson, “Mother-Only Families,” The Marriage Problem (2002) ………………….
3
James Q. Wilson, “The Cultural Challenge,” The Marriage Problem (2002) …………………
18
Jon A. Shields, “Religion and America’s Marriage Problem” (Chapter draft) ……………...
31
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