Individuals come to adopt a particular worldview through early childhood religious socialization or as an adult by switching worlds through re-socialization. services to its members and to promote the vitality, visibility, and diversity 1983. When the same question was asked in July 2012, roughly two-thirds of respondents (65%) said churches and other houses of worship played at least some role in solving societys dilemmas. The growing number of pilgrims to the Holy Land and the necessity of care of their numerous sick, who had fallen victim to the unfamiliar conditions of climate and life, led to knightly hospital orders, the most important of which was the Hospitallers of St. John of Jerusalem (later called the Knights of Malta), founded in the 11th century. Becoming Adult, Becoming Christian: Adult Development and Christian Faith. All of which suggests the need for further examination of the processes of faith development during these critical years. Doomsday Cult. Correlation Matrix of Religious Socialization Variables and Religious Belief and Commitment, Lifelong Members Only, Controlling for Age, GENDER (0=female; 1=male)FAMILY, family complete LDS (0=single parent or one parent not LDS; 1=both parents present and both LDS)PCHURCH, frequency of parents' church attendanceYHRO, frequency of home religious observance: frequency of family prayer, family religious discussions, scripture reading, and family discussions about right and wrongYATTEND, church attendance of respondents when age 12-18SEMINARY, years attendance at seminaryFRIENDS, proportion of friends who wer active LDS when respondent was age 12-18DECLINE, decline in proportion of friends active LDS between teenage years and adult yearsTRAD, traditional orthodoxySPIRIT, spiritual commitmentPARTIC, particularistic orthodoxyCHURCH, church commitment*p>.05. But given the increasing numbers of such marriages (Caplow et al., 1983), more research is needed in that area. The overall response rate was 64 percent. The role of the family in modelling religious behaviors. 1978. In this chapter, I begin by elaborating a theoretical foundation for the study of religious influence and religious socialization. ), Find out more about saving to your Kindle, Book: Handbook of the Sociology of Religion, Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511807961.012. First, zero-order correlations among the several variables are examined, and then, in order to examine the complex interrelationships among variables, a path model is developed and tested. Wake up to the day's most important news. Jesus showed by His deeds the church's purpose and function. Bring The path from SEMINARY to the outcome variables is not significant in any of the four models. Objective. Family is the first agent of socialization. Both their physical and spiritual needs were met. Response categories included (1) none of them (2) a few of them (3) about half of them (4) most of them and (5) all of them.