The family is ordained of God.
SCHOLARLY ARTICLES
Leonhardt, N. D., Kirchner, E. R., Phillips, T. M., Skipper, A. D., Dollahite, D. C., Marks, L. D. (2018). Together forever: Eternal perspective and sacred practices in American Latter-day Saint families. Marriage and Family Review, 54, 719-732. https://doi.org/10.1080/01494929.2018.1469575
Dollahite, D. C., Marks, L. D., & Young, K. P. (2019). Relational struggles and experiential immediacy in religious American families. Psychology of Religion and Spirituality. 11, 9-21. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/rel0000135