Talks

  • Cross-National Public Opinion about Homosexuality

    Dr. Amy Adamczyk's book argues that the strength of democratic institutions, economic development, and the religious context of each nation can explain these differences in public opinion about homosexuality, examining why some countries embrace gay rights while others reject them. Using survey data from nearly ninety societies, case studies, content analysis of newspapers, and in-depth interviews, Dr. Adamczyk investigates how demographic and individual characteristics influence the acceptance of homosexuality.

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    Global Abortion Values & Religion

    Sociologist Dr. Amy Adamczyk shares the complex relationship between religious beliefs and societal views on abortion. Her research follows how religion shapes abortion attitudes worldwide.

    Video by A Journey through NYC Religions

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  • LGBT People and the Continuing Quest for Dignity

    Dr. Amy Adamczyk participates in a panel discussion, "LGBT People and the Continuing Quest for Dignity," in celebration of the 64th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The event, moderated by Prof. George Andreopoulos, focused on the ongoing struggle for dignity and rights for LGBT individuals.

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  • Religious Transmissions from Parents to Children

    A variety of factors can influence how religious parents approach passing on their faith to their children. Learn more from Dr. Amy Adamczyk (City University of New York, CUNY) in the following Family Summit video recap.

    Video by National Community of Catechetical Leaders

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  • Dating and Faith Communities for Parents

    Handing Down the Faith: Parents, Congregations, and Religious Socialization with Dr. Amy Adamczyk, Ph.D.This clip tackles dating and faith communities for parents.

    Video by Yale Youth Ministry Institute

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  • Handing Down the Faith: the parents' perspective

    Dr. Adamczyk discusses her research on how parents pass down religious beliefs to their children. Along with Christian Smith, she conducted a study titled Handing Down the Faith, which explores how parents view their role in religious socialization. Dr. Adamczyk explains that while there's a lot of research on how young people perceive religion, there was a gap in understanding the parents’ perspective. Through interviews with over 200 parents and survey data, she and her team were able to shed light on how parents help shape their children's religious beliefs.

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  • Handing Down the Faith: Parents, Congregations, and Religious Socialization


    Professor Adamczyk is coauthor of Handing Down the Faith: How Parents Pass Their Religion on to the Next Generation (Oxford, 2021). Drawing on key findings from the book, she will discuss how parents view the role of congregations and how they believe their own experiences growing up have shaped their perspectives on child-rearing and religious socialization. Data are taken from several nationally representative surveys and over 200 interviews conducted with parents from different religious backgrounds across the United States. Practical information will be provided on parents’ perspectives (placed within the context of ‘Intensive’ parenting, which has become the norm for many Americans), and will be grounded in how congregations can help families address these challenges

    By Yale Divinity School

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  • What Do the Young People Think

    Dr. Amy Adamczyk discusses her research on religious socialization among youth, exploring how parents and congregations influence the religious beliefs and practices of young people.

    Video by Yale Youth Ministry Institute

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Catch a Glimpse of My Recent Talk on Fetal Positions, a Deep Dive into Global Abortion Attitudes

What Science Says About Our Kids Keeping the Faith

Many Catholic parents wonder, will our kids stay Catholic? How likely is it that faith can be handed down to the next generation? Are certain parenting methods more or less effective in raising children who will practice faith when they are grown? What practices matter and how much influence do parents have? Dr. Amy Adamczyk and Chris Smith actually looked at the data and conducted hundreds of interviews with religious families to find out the answers to those questions. The results are fascinating!

By Fountain of Carrots Podcast

Parents and Religion

Amy Adamczyk is Professor of Sociology at John Jay College of Criminal Justice. Her latest book, Handing Down the Faith: How Parents Pass Their Religion on to the Next Generation, is co-authored with Christian Smith, Professor of Sociology at the University of Notre Dame, and is soon to be released by Oxford University Press. I talked with Amy about the new book and about some of her other work. She’s incredibly productive and is always in the midst of a fascinating and socially relevant research project.

By Indoor Voices Podcast

Abortion, Religion & Liberalism

In this timely episode James and Will welcome Amy Adamczyk, Professor of Sociology at John Jay College of Criminal Justice and The Graduate Center, City University of New York. Amy discusses her sociological exploration of attitudes towards abortion, in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) and other assisted reproductive technologies (ARTs), and the role that religious and other socio-demographic factors play in shaping these attitudes. Amy presents the results of a comparative quantitative analysis of attitudes to abortion across 70 countries, before presenting findings of more in-depth qualitative work into attitudes in the US and China, and the role of liberalism in these different contexts. In the Chinese context, abortion is a less contentious issue, and Amy discusses the comparative hardening of attitudes to abortion in the US in the context of the Supreme Court's overturning of the Roe vs Wade decision, which had guaranteed the right to abortion across the US. Amy discusses the international implications of this decision, whilst considering the socio-economic and other demographic factors that influence 'country-level' attitudes to abortion and ARTs

By The Science & Belief in Society Podcast

Queer Rights Deep Dive

Amy Adamczyk, sociologist and author of the 2017 book, Cross-National Public Opinion about Homosexuality, leads us through a deep dive of why some countries protect their LGBTQ+ citizens and others villainize them. 

By Pride Podcast

Podcasts

How do Parents Successfully Pass on Religious Faith?

Religious adherence and practice in the United States is declining and has been for some years. With the rise of the “Nones” and Christian Smith’s identification of “moralistic therapeutic deism,” many religious parents wonder how to ensure that their children will keep the faith into adulthood. In her work as a sociologist and researcher, Amy Adamczyk has tackled many of the most difficult and controversial questions of our day. From homosexuality to religion to abortion, Amy has sought to better understand how people around the world think about important cultural issues and how those opinions have changed over time. Her latest book, Handing Down the Faith, co-authored with Christian Smith, draws upon both quantitative data sets and hundreds of qualitative interviews to help determine the factors that lead to successfully passing on religious belief to the next generation. Parents cannot leave the task to institutions, trusting that dropping off children at religious education classes will achieve the desired results. The message is clear. For faith to stick, parents must make two-way conversations with their children a priority. With cultural expectations of hands-on parenting, Amy identifies three chief characteristics of successful faith transmission: the importance of the religion to the parents, going to religious services, and talking about faith in the home.

By Beatrice Institute

How and Why Have Attitudes about Cannabis Legalization Changed So Much?

Americans’ views about marijuana have drastically changed in a relatively short period of time. Amy Adamczyk, PhD, Professor of Sociology and Criminal Justice, City University of New York led a study that found that support for legalization began to increase shortly after the news media began to frame marijuana as a medical issue, rather than as a criminal or drug abuse issue. She believes that nationwide legalization of marijuana is likely in coming years.

By InfoTrak on TalkZone

Why Parents Are the #1 Influence On Their Teens

Today we are posting an interview with Amy Adamczyk. Amy is a Professor of Sociology at John Jay College of Criminal Justice and the Programs of Doctoral Study in Sociology and Criminal Justice at The Graduate Center, City University of New York. Trained as a sociologist of religion, her research focuses on how different contexts (such as nations, counties, friendship groups), and personal religious beliefs shape people’s deviant, moral, and health-related attitudes and behaviors. We’ll be talking today primarily about the findings from her book Handing Down the Faith.

By Axis

The role of religion in shaping political views, especially on abortion

n this episode of International Horizons, sociologist Amy Adamczyk of CUNY’s John Jay College of Criminal Justice discusses the role of religion in determining people’s attitudes on a range of issues such as abortion and homosexuality. From a global perspective, we also discuss the peculiarities of religiosity in the United States, which is an outlier because of its relatively high levels of religiosity compared to other wealthy democracies.. Adamczyk also discusses the intersection between religion, abortion and LGTBQ+ issues, considering that the world has become widely accepting of sexual diversity in the past 20 years. Finally, the conversation revolves around Adamcyzk's most recent co-authored book Handing Down the Faith: How Parents Pass Their Religion on to the Next Generation, which addresses the factors that make children religious.

By International Horizons

Handing Down the Faith

Dr. Christian Smith joins Dr. Mike Chupp on this week’s CMDA Matters podcast to discuss his new book, Handing Down the Faith.

By CMDA

Fetal Positions: Understanding Cross-National Public Opinion about Abortion

Most people think about abortion in the context of the country they live in. In the U.S., abortion fuels debate, elections, and legislation. In China, abortion is often treated as a settled issue. Why and how do abortion attitudes vary across the world? 

By NewsBook Network