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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Introduction: Why Be Concerned with the Ordinary? | |
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| Notes | |
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| Resources from the Catholic Tradition | |
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| A Catholic Theological Understanding of Marriage | |
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| Cultural Understandings of Marriage | |
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| Liturgy: The Personal and Social Dimensions of Christian Marriage | |
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| Scripture and the Social Import of Family Life | |
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| Marriage as Sacrament: Beyond Relationship to Communion | |
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| Conclusion: Family as Primary Christian Community | |
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| Notes | |
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| Between the Personal and the Political: Families as Agents of Social Change | |
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| Early Documents and Movements: 1891-1931 | |
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| Early American Episcopal Documents and Catholic Action Groups: 1919-1965 | |
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| Contemporary Reflections: Changing Hearts and Structures | |
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| Conclusion: Families and Social Change | |
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| Notes | |
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| Grace, Sin, and Holy Families | |
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| The Limits of a Theology of Ideals | |
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| O'Connor's Gift to Theology | |
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| Seeing: Acknowledging the Importance and Difficulty of Faith | |
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| Sin and Finitude | |
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| Grace, Sin, and Finitude in Christian Marriage | |
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| Sin, Grace, and Solidarity | |
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| Conclusion: Beginning with Imperfection, Moving toward Solidarity | |
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| Notes | |
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| Practices | |
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| Practicing Sexual Fidelity | |
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| Why Practices? | |
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| Sexual Ethics: Moving beyond Controversy | |
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| Sex, Fidelity, and Infidelity: The Situation | |
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| Sex as Practice: Seeking the Good | |
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| Conclusion: From Intimacy to Community | |
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| Notes | |
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| The Practice of Eating: Love, Justice, and Mercy | |
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| Family Meals in the Twenty-first Century | |
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| Eucharist: Communion and Calling | |
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| Eating with/as Sinners: Practicing Mercy at the Table | |
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| Love and Justice at the Table: Practices within the Practice | |
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| Conclusion: The Priority of Mercy | |
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| Notes | |
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| How Much Is Enough? The Practice of Tithing | |
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| Are We Rich Yet? | |
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| Foundations: Hebrew and Christian Scriptures | |
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| Christian Tradition on Wealth and Charity | |
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| Application: Tithing in a Contemporary Christian Context | |
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| Conclusion: Why Tithing Matters | |
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| Notes | |
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| Serving: Reimagining a Central Practice of Middle-Class Family Life | |
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| Contemporary Catholic Family Life: A Rough Sketch | |
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| Pre-Vatican II American Parishes | |
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| The Changing Shape of Parish Life | |
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| Reshaping Parish Life to Support Christian Families | |
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| Service as Family Practice | |
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| Conclusion: Community, Practice, and Service | |
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| Notes | |
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| Family Prayer as Practice of Resistance | |
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| Prayer: Beyond Platitudes | |
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| A Brief History of Christian Thought on Parental Religious Duties | |
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| Interfaith Families as Models | |
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| Praying as Church in Contemporary Families | |
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| Conclusion: Practices of Resistance as Ordinary Morality | |
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| Notes | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Index | |