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Robert Neelly Bellah was an American sociologist and the Elliott Professor of Sociology at the University of California, Berkeley. He was internationally known for his work related to the sociology of religion. Wikipedia  

✵ 23. February 1927 – 30. July 2013
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Famous Robert N. Bellah Quotes

“The family is in flux, and signs of trouble are widespread. Expectations remain high. But realities are disturbing.”

Robert N. Bellah

The Good Society, ch. 1 (1991)

“While there are practical and sometimes moral reasons for the decomposition of the family, it coincides neither with what most people in society say they desire nor, especially in the case of children, with their best interests.”

Robert N. Bellah

The Good Society, ch. 1 (1991)

“However painful the process of leaving home, for parents and for children, the really frightening thing for both would be the prospect of the child never leaving home.”

Robert N. Bellah

Habits of the Heart, pt. 1, ch. 3 (1985)

“Leaving home in a sense involves a kind of second birth in which we give birth to ourselves.”

Robert N. Bellah

Habits of the Heart, pt. 1, ch. 3 (1985)

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