Perspectives on Marriage A Reader

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Edition: 2nd
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2000-07-20
Publisher(s): Oxford University Press
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Summary

Thoroughly revised and updated in this second edition, Perspectives on Marriage is an ideal text for courses in the theology and spirituality of marriage. The new edition of this multidisciplinary reader features twenty new articles and represents the best of contemporary perspectives on marriage and sexuality. It is comprehensive and flexibly designed to accommodate a variety of approaches, from the strictly historical and canonical to the sociological, psychological, and ministerial. Striking a balance between solid theological material and stimulating readings on current issues, the essays explore marriage in its historical context; the meanings and transitions of marriage; attitudes toward sexuality; communication, conflict, and change; overcoming stereotypes; divorce and annulment; the spirituality of marriage; and interreligious perspectives on marriage. The volume is enhanced by the editors' introductions and discussion questions. Rich, provocative, and challenging, Perspectives on Marriage, 2/e is the most extensive and up-to-date reader of its kind.

Table of Contents

Introduction 1(6)
Kieran Scott
Michael Warren
PART ONE Marriage in Historical Perspective
Marriage in the Bible
7(15)
Michael G. Lawler
The Primitive Christian Understanding of Marriage
22(7)
Theodore Mackin
Marriage in the Western Churches
29(18)
Joseph Martos
PART TWO Contemporary Perspectives on the Theology of Marriage
Christian Marriage: Basic Sacrament
47(12)
Bernard Cooke
Models of Marriage: A New Theological Interpretation
59(24)
German Martinez
Lyn Burr Brignoli
PART THREE Marriage: Meanings and Transitions
Marriage versus Living Together
83(5)
Jo McGowan
Marriage Preparation and Cohabiting Couples: Information Report
88(12)
NCCB Marriage
Family Committee
A Case for Gay Marriage
100(6)
Brent Hartinger
The Meaning of Marriage
106(10)
Evelyn Eaton Whitehead
James D. Whitehead
Marriage Becomes a Journey
116(13)
Evelyn Eaton Whitehead
James D. Whitehead
PART FOUR Attitudes toward Sexuality
Passionate Attachments in the West in Historical Perspective
129(10)
Lawrence Stone
A Revolution's Broken Promises
139(9)
Peter Marin
Four Mischievous Theories of Sex: Demonic, Divine, Casual, and Nuisance
148(10)
William F. May
The Neglected Heart: The Emotional Dangers of Premature Sexual Involvement
158(11)
Thomas Lickona
Beyond Romance to Human Love
169(8)
Robert A. Johnson
Where Are We? Seven Sinful Problems and Seven Virtuous Possibilities
177(10)
James B. Nelson
The Argument for Unlimited Procreative Liberty: A Feminist Critique
187(15)
Maura A. Ryan
The Transmission of Life
202(9)
Pope John Paul II
PART FIVE Communication, Conflict, and Change
``Put Down That Paper and Talk to Me!'': Rapport-Talk and Report-Talk
211(16)
Deborah Tannen
Communication and Conflict
227(8)
Evelyn Eaton Whitehead
James D. Whitehead
Communication
235(8)
Thomas N. Hart
Kathleen Fischer Hart
Anger Defused
243(11)
Carol Tavris
Domestic Violence: The Long, Sad Silence
254(10)
Gloria Durka
The Battered Woman: Myths and Reality
264(21)
Lenore E. Walker
PART SIX Getting beyond Stereotypes
Western Religion and the Patriarchal Family
285(20)
Christine E. Gudorf
Men Who Make Women Want to Scream
305(8)
Connell Cowan
Melvyn Kinder
The Integration of Masculine Spirituality
313(20)
David James
PART SEVEN Divorce and Annulment
The Meaning of Commitment
333(13)
Margaret Farley
What God Has Joined Together...
346(9)
Bernard Cooke
Changes in the Ethos of Marriage, Faithfulness, and Divorce
355(12)
Hans Kramer
Children after Divorce: Wounds That Don't Heal
367(10)
Judith S. Wallerstein
Annulment: The Process and Its Meaning
377(10)
Patrick R. Lagges
Remarried Catholics: Searching for Church Belonging
387(10)
James J. Young
PART EIGHT Spirituality of Marriage
A Spirituality of Resistance for Marriage
397(14)
Kieran Scott
Spirituality and Lifestyle
411(14)
Evelyn Eaton Whitehead
James D. Whitehead
PART NINE Interreligious Perspectives on Marriage
Marriage in the Jewish Tradition
425(19)
Blu Greenberg
The Protestant View of Marriage
444(15)
Wilson Yates
Marriage in Islam
459
Lois Lamya Ibsen al Faruqi

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