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Sex, Marriage, and Family in World Religions

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ISBN-10: 0231131178

ISBN-13: 9780231131179

Edition: 2009

Authors: Don Browning, M. Christian Green, John Witte Jr.

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List price: $45.00
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Publication date: 3/30/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 496
Size: 6.50" wide x 8.90" long x 1.13" tall
Weight: 1.540
Language: English

Don S. Browning is the Alexander Campbell Professor Emeritus of Religious Ethics and the Social Sciences at the University of Chicago. He is the author or editor of more than forty books, including Marriage and Modernization: How Globalization Threatens Marriage and What to Do About It.M. Christian Green is senior fellow and senior lecturer in the Center for the Study of Law and Religion at Emory University and author of a forthcoming title on fatherhood in the Western tradition.John Witte Jr. is the Jonas Robitscher Professor of Law, Alonzo L. McDonald Distinguished Professor, and director of the Center for the Study of Law and Religion at Emory University. He has published twenty-four…    

John Witte Jr. is the Jonas Robitscher Professor of Law and co-director of the Center for the Study of Law and Religion at Emory University. He has published numerous volumes, including Law and Protestantism: The Legal Teachings of the Lutheran Reformation.Frank S. Alexander is interim dean and professor at the Emory School of Law. He is the founder and co-director of the Center for the Study of Law and Religion at Emory University.

Preface and Acknowledgments
About the Contributors
Introduction
Judaism
Introduction
The Hebrew Bible
The Elephantine Marriage Contract
Hellenistic Jewish Philosophy in the Wisdom of Ben Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)
The Damascus Document of the Dead Sea Scrolls
Josephus on Marriage Law
Mishnah on Procreation, Marriage, and Divorce
The Babylonian Talmud
Aggadic Midrash on Marriage and Family
The Babylonian Talmud on Marital Sex
The Babylonian Ordinance from the Academy on Divorce
The Ordinances of Rabbi Gershom (The Light of the Exile)
Medieval Marriage Contracts from the Cairo Geniza
Love Poetry from the Golden Age of Spain
The Order of the Get
Maimonides on Sex
Jewish Mysticism on Marriage and Sex
The Book of the Pious of Medieval Germany
"The Epistle on Holiness" ("Iggeret Ha-qodesh")
Exchange Between Napoleon and the Jewish "Sanhedrin" on Issues of Marriage
Contemporary Developments in Jewish Marriage Contracts
Reform Opinion on Patrilineal and Matrilineal Descent
Christianity
Introduction
Creation and the Fall in the Book of Genesis
The Greco-Roman Context
Hellenistic Jewish Moral Instruction
Gospels of Matthew and Luke
Paul's Letters to the Corinthians and Ephesians
Apocryphal Christian Texts
Augustine of Hippo
John Chrysostom
Peter Lombard
The Fourth Lateran Council
Thomas Aquinas
Mechthild of Magdeburg
Martin Luther
Anglican Book of Common Prayer (1549)
John Calvin
The Council of Trent
George Fox
A Contemporary Critique of Sexual Ethics
A Womanist Critique of Family Theology
A Contemporary Liturgy for Same-Sex Unions
Islam
Introduction
Creation and the Identity of Origin of Women and Men
The Fall from the Garden and Gender Equality
The Marriage Contract
Consent to Marriage
Mahr: The Obligatory Marital Gift
Other Stipulations in the Marriage Contract
Marital Relations
Polygamy
Marital Conflict
Divorce
Sexual Ethics
Rights Within the Family
Hinduism
Introduction
Rig Veda 10.85: The Marriage Hymm
The Grhya-Sutras: The Wedding Ceremony
Laws of Manu
The K&abar;mas&ubar;tra
Divine Marriage: Śiva and P&abar;rvat&ibar;
The Karma of Marriage: The King's Wife, the Brahmin's Wife, and the Ogre
A Contemporary Hindu Marriage Ceremony
"Counting the Flowers," a Short Story by Chudamani Reghavan, Translated from the Tamil by the Author
Buddhism
Introduction
The Beginning of the World
The Joys of Ascetism
Married Life Versus the Life of the Ascetic
Songs by Buddhist Women
The Conversion of the Nun, Pat&abar;c&abar;r&abar;
The Buddha Accepts His Aunt, Gotam&ibar;, as a Nun
The Buddha's Renunciation of His Family
Confusion Over the Buddha as a Fertility God
Buddhism as a Threat to the Indian Family
The Buddha's Advice for Laity
An Early Buddha Lineage
East Asian Buddhism: An Overview
The Sutra on the Filial Son
The Ghost Festival Sutra
The Sutra on the Profound Kindness of Parents
The Blood Bowl Sutra
Confucianism
Introduction
The Book of Poetry (Shijing)
The Analects (Lunyu) of Confucius
Mencius on Filial Piety
Historical Incidents from the Zuo Zhuan
Record of Ritual
The Record of Ritual of the Elder Dai
The Classic of Filial Piety
Lives of Model Women
Admonitions for Women
Filial Sons
Mr. Yan's Family Instructions
The Classic of Filial Piety for Women
Yuan Cai on Concubines
Zhu Xi on Family and Marriage
Sexual Offenses in the Code of the Qing Dynasty
Advice to Local Officials on Handling Sexual Offenses
Qing Legal Cases Concerning Sexual Offenses
Chen Duxiu on the Way of Confucious and Modern Life
Feng Youlan on the Philosophy at the Basis of Traditional Chinese Society
Index