Wednesday, September 12, 2018

How Losing a Mom Early Impacts Religiosity

Teenagers who lose a religious mother to an untimely death are less likely to attend church as young adults, while teens who lose a non-religious mom are more likely to seek the comfort of spiritual practices, especially prayer.

Researcher Renae Wilkinson, sociologist and doctoral candidate at Baylor University’s College of Arts & Sciences, said a mother’s death during childhood is “an off-time death, when our norms break down.”

“A child may wonder why God chose to take the mother...


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