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Perspectives on Marriage A Reader

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ISBN-10: 0195313461

ISBN-13: 9780195313468

Edition: 3rd 2006 (Revised)

Authors: Kieran Scott, Michael Warren

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Thoroughly revised and updated in this third edition, Perspectives on Marriage is a comprehensive and multidisciplinary anthology ideal for courses in the theology and spirituality of marriage. This edition features thirteen new articles and incorporates the best of contemporary perspectives on marriage and sexuality. The selections represent a wide range of approaches, from the historical and canonical to the sociological, psychological, and ministerial. Striking a balance between solid theological material and stimulating readings on today's issues, the volume explores marriage in its historical context; current views on the theology of marriage; the meanings and transitions of marriage;…    
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List price: $99.99
Edition: 3rd
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 10/20/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 480
Size: 9.49" wide x 6.69" long x 1.10" tall
Weight: 1.914
Language: English

Kieran Scott is the winner of Best Food Photographer in the 2000 Perigueux World Cookbook Awards.

New to this edition
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Marriage in Historical Perspective
Marriage in the Bible
The Primitive Christian Understanding of Marriage
Marriage: A Historical Survey
Contemporary Perspectives on the Theology of Marriage
Christian Marriage: Basic Sacrament
"Nuptial Pentecost": Theological Reflections on the Presenceand Action of the Holy Spirit in Christian Marriage
Marriage: Meanings and Transitions
Marriage versus Living Together
NCCB Marriage and Family Committee: Marriage Preparation and CohabitingCouples: Information Report
Cohabitation and Marriage as a Life-Process
The Meaning of Marriage
The Meaning of Marriage: Of Two Minds
Same-Sex Marriage: Threat or Aspiration?
Marriage Becomes a Journey
Attitudes toward Sexuality
Sidney Callahan: Sex Matters: The Riches of the Catholic Sexual Tradition
A Revolution's Broken Promises
Passionate Attachments in the West in Historical Perspective
Four Mischievous Theories of Sex: Demonic, Divine, Casual,and Nuisance
The Neglected Heart: The Emotional Dangers of PrematureSexual Involvement
Sex, Time, and Meaning: A Theology of Dating
Beyond Romance to Human Love
The Transmission of Life Pope
Communication, Conflict, and Change
How People Change
"Put Down That Paper and Talk to Me!": Rapport-Talk and Report-Talk
Communication and Conflict Evelyn
Communication
The Battered Woman: Myths and Reality
Men Who Make Women Want to Scream
Going to the Therapist En Route to the Altar
Issues Impacting Marriage
Watching New Love as it Sears the Brain
You're Getting Married: The Wal-Martization of the BridalBusiness
Money, Marriage, and Making a Future: The Letter to Emily
Commitment, Divorce, and Annulment
What God Has Joined Together
The Meaning of Commitment
Annulment: The Process and Its Meaning
Remarried Catholics: Searching for Church Belonging
Divorce and Remarriage in the Catholic Church: TenTheses
Children after Divorce: Wounds That Don't Heal
Spirituality of Marriage
Spirituality and Lifestyle Evelyn
Faithful Becoming: Forming Families in the Art ofParadoxical Living in a Fragmented and Pluralistic World
Religious Traditions: Perspectives on Marriage
Marriage in the Jewish Tradition
The Protestant View of Marriage
Marriage in Islam Lois Lamya'