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This paper has two foci: it is about Reuben Hill's contributions to family sociology, and about the state of family sociology today. Hill's contributions to family stress, developmental theory, theory development, and international family study are reviewed in some detail, along with briefer references to other areas in which he researched and wrote. The paper closes with a catalogue of later developments in the family field which he presaged; often with a single comment.

Ivett Szalma – Judit Takács (2022): Családszociológiai mozaik. Szociológiai Tudástár (13). Debrecen, Debreceni Egyetemi Kiadó, Debrecen University Press, p, 209

David Morgan's contributions to family sociology started from a direct engagement with theoretical perspectives, but his 1996 publication, Family Connections, took his family sociology in a new, somewhat 'fuzzy' direction. Two key motifs for his later work are the emphasis on 'family' as an adjective, and its fruitfulness when conjoined with the doing of 'practices'. Yet his 1996 text also identified key theoretical themes he considered important for family sociology to retain. I trace some of the theoretical concerns that he carried forward in his later work, while drawing attention to some aspects that invite further development, including the significance of everyday family meanings, the challenge of considering 'family practices' beyond affluent Minority worlds, and the need to critique the 'individual' along with the 'family'. I offer this discussion on the basis that family sociology is a central issue for sociology in general as a theoretical enterprise.