Sustaining Young Canadian Baptists in the Faith: Exploring the Connection between Religious Affect and Parental Religious Attendance

This paper explores the impact of parental religious practice on sustaining positive religious affect among churchgoing young Canadian Baptists. A total of 299 participants between the ages of 12 and 18 years attending a summer youth programme sponsored by the Canadian Baptists of Atlantic Canada, c...

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Authors: Fawcett, Bruce G. (Author) ; Francis, Leslie J. 1947- (Author) ; McKenna, Ursula (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group 2021
In: Journal of research on christian education
Year: 2021, Volume: 30, Issue: 3, Pages: 317-336
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Summary:This paper explores the impact of parental religious practice on sustaining positive religious affect among churchgoing young Canadian Baptists. A total of 299 participants between the ages of 12 and 18 years attending a summer youth programme sponsored by the Canadian Baptists of Atlantic Canada, completed the Francis Scale of Attitude toward Christianity as a measure of positive religious affect, together with measures of frequency of church attendance for themselves, their mother and their father. These data identified fathers’ religious attendance as a statistically significant factor augmenting the effect of mothers’ religious attendance for sustaining young Canadian Baptists in the faith. The implications of this finding are discussed for pastoral practice.
ISSN:1934-4945
Contains:Enthalten in: Journal of research on christian education
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1080/10656219.2021.1988013