The Heritage Foundation's 2009 conference on Religious Practice in America, the third in a series studying the relationship between religious belief and attendance and personal and societal well-being, will focus on the impact on the family, including such issues as parenting, parent-child relationships, and marital quality and stability.

Scheduled for October 29, 2009 in Washington, DC, the conference will feature presentations by leading researchers in the arenas of religion and family issues, and Christian Smith, Ph.D., director of the Center for the Study of Religion and Society at the University of Notre Dame will deliver the keynote address.