Susan Katz Miller is a former reporter for Newsweek and New Scientist. Her work has appeared in the New York Times, Christian Science Monitor, and Moment, as well as on National Public Radio. A former cochair of the Interfaith Families Project of Greater Washington, she lives with her interfaith family outside Washington, DC. She is the author of Being Both: Embracing Two Religions in One Interfaith Family.
The Case for Raising Your Child With Two Religions
Americans are leaving behind single-faith identities. According to a 2009 study by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life, almost one quarter of all Americans attend religious services of more than one faith or denomination. Interfaith marriages are increasingly common, with families who are Jewish-Christian constituting the first …