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The influence of Family on the Practice of Religion and Inner-Faith development
RELIGION AND THE FAMILY

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The influence of Family on the Practice of Religion and Inner-Faith development
Justin Leroux
HHS4UC

RELIGION AND THE FAMILY

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Abstract

This purpose of this research paper is to gain and give insight on the subject of faith and its individual origins. The use of Canadian and International sources will provide answers to many of the questions relating to the origin of inner-faith. This topic has not been explored deeply in the modern times and due to its diverse and multi-religion standing. Through this paper I intend to find creditable answers to later help build my own research project on this topic.
I intend to review information relating to; Development of Faith, the role of the family in the faith development and why faith is often hidden and different from the religion followed.
Keywords: Family, Faith, Roles, Development.

RELIGION AND THE FAMILY

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The influence of Family on the Practice of Religion and Inner-Faith development

Faith Development
According the research of Stats Canada we had total religious population of 29,639,035A1 this means that we must have a fairly religious country but this begs the basic question of why.
Why do be people develop faith? When do they decide the build inner-faith? And of course does our families play a role in the faith we choose and if we even develop it all?. These questions are what I hope to answer.
Anthropology teaches us that since the being of time peoples have always felt the need to leave some larger choices and logical reasoning to a greater power. This greater power has changed form over the generations and has evolved the human race, one can assume through the development of community and verbal communication religion took roots early in the prehistory of our race. In the function of verbal language the popular theory for development is called the
“Mother Tongue”. The idea of one language being taken changed by clicks and hordes can be



References: Baker, M. (2013, January 8). James Fowler 's Stages of Faith. Chart of James Fowler 's Stages of Faith The Numbers. (n.d.). Fastest Growing Religion. Retrieved November 18, 2013, from http://fastestgrowingreligion.com/numbers.html

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