Loren D. Marks

Loren D. Marks is Professor of Family Studies at Brigham Young University. He received a PhD from the University of Delaware in 2002. Focusing his research on religion and family, his published articles include “Religious Faith and Transformational Processes in Marriage,” Family Relations 62 (December 2013): 808–823; and “A Qualitative Exploration of Why Faith Matters in African American Marriages and Families,” Journal of Comparative Family Studies 43, no. 5 (2012): 695–714. He has also contributed to the book Successful Marriages and Families: Proclamation Principles and Research Perspectives (2012) published by BYU Studies.

BYU Studies Publications

American Religions and the Family: How Faith Traditions Cope with Modernization and Democracy
Transmitting Religion: A Look at Vern L. Bengtson’s Families and Faith: How Religion Is Passed Down across Generations