Faithful Husbands and Fathers (Corrected web address)
Submitted by FatherSean on Sat, 07/19/2008 - 10:15.
FAITHFUL HUSBAND AND FATHERS
www.mercatornet.com - note correction in web address - is an excellent forum dealing with contemporary issues. It's not a Catholic website as such, though its editor is. However, it reflects the teaching of the Church on moral and ethical issues.
Churchgoing men are not a hangover of the old patriarchy but a new breed who are closely connected to their families.
Absent fathers are a sign of one of the deepest problems of today’s society - the weakening of male bonds with the family. Religion is no silver bullet when it comes to addressing this issue, but research by sociology professor W Bradford Wilcox shows that men who go to church are more likely than their secular peers to stick around, and to have children and wives who are happy to have them around. In this interview with MercatorNet Dr Wilcox discusses the data.
Read the full interview at http://www.mercatornet.com/articles/faithful_husbands_and_fathers/
W. Bradford Wilcox is Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Virginia and a member of the James Madison Society at Princeton University. Much of his research has been with American Protestant men.
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