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Author:   Kieran Scott (Associate Professor of Theology and Religious Education, Associate Professor of Theology and Religious Education, Fordham University) ,  Michael Warren (Professor of Theology, Professor of Theology, St. John's University)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint:   Oxford University Press Inc
Edition:   3rd Revised edition
Dimensions:   Width: 17.00cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 24.10cm
Weight:   0.794kg
ISBN:  

9780195313468

ISBN 10:   0195313461
Pages:   480
Publication Date:   16 November 2006
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

* New to this edition Acknowledgments Introduction Part One: Marriage in Historical Perspective 1: Michael G. Lawler: Marriage in the Bible 2: Theodore Mackin, S.J.: The Primitive Christian Understanding of Marriage 3: Joseph Martos: Marriage: A Historical Survey Part Two: Contemporary Perspectives on the Theology of Marriage 4: Bernard Cooke: Christian Marriage: Basic Sacrament * 5: Julie McCarty: Nuptial Pentecost : Theological Reflections on the Presence and Action of the Holy Spirit in Christian Marriage Part Three: Marriage: Meanings and Transitions 6: Jo McGowan: Marriage versus Living Together 7: NCCB Marriage and Family Committee: Marriage Preparation and Cohabiting Couples: Information Report * 8: Kieran Scott: Cohabitation and Marriage as a Life-Process 9: Evelyn Eaton Whitehead and James D. Whitehead: The Meaning of Marriage * 10: Edward C. Vacek: The Meaning of Marriage: Of Two Minds * 11: Stephen J. Pope: Same-Sex Marriage: Threat or Aspiration? * 12: Evelyn Eaton Whitehead and James D. Whitehead: Marriage Becomes a Journey Part Four: Attitudes toward Sexuality * 13: Sidney Callahan: Sex Matters: The Riches of the Catholic Sexual Tradition 14: Peter Marin: A Revolution's Broken Promises 15: Lawrence Stone: Passionate Attachments in the West in Historical Perspective 16: William F. May: Four Mischievous Theories of Sex: Demonic, Divine, Casual, and Nuisance 17: Thomas Lickona: The Neglected Heart: The Emotional Dangers of Premature Sexual Involvement * 18: Jason King and Donna Freitas: Sex, Time, and Meaning: A Theology of Dating 19: Robert A. Johnson: Beyond Romance to Human Love 20: Pope John Paul II: The Transmission of Life Part Five: Communication, Conflict, and Change * 21: Allen Wheelis: How People Change 22: Deborah Tannen: Put Down That Paper and Talk to Me! : Rapport-Talk and Report-Talk 23: Evelyn Eaton Whitehead and James D. Whitehead: Communication and Conflict 24: Thomas N. Hart and Kathleen Fischer Hart: Communication 25: Lenore E. Walker: The Battered Woman: Myths and Reality 26: Connell Cowan and Melvin Kinder: Men Who Make Women Want to Scream * 27: Zoe Wolff: Going to the Therapist En Route to the Altar * Part Six: Issues Impacting Marriage * 28: Benedict Carey: Watching New Love as it Sears the Brain * 29: Rebecca Mead: You're Getting Married: The Wal-Martization of the Bridal Business * 30: Michael Warren: Money, Marriage, and Making a Future: The Letter to Emily Part Seven: Commitment, Divorce, and Annulment 31: Bernard Cooke: What God Has Joined Together. . . 32: Margaret Farley: The Meaning of Commitment 33: Patrick R. Lagges: Annulment: The Process and Its Meaning 34: James J. Young: Remarried Catholics: Searching for Church Belonging * 35: Michael G. Lawler: Divorce and Remarriage in the Catholic Church: Ten Theses 36: Judith S. Wallerstein: Children after Divorce: Wounds That Don't Heal Part Eight: Spirituality of Marriage 37: Evelyn Eaton Whitehead and James D. Whitehead: Spirituality and Lifestyle * 38: Herbert Anderson: Faithful Becoming: Forming Families in the Art of Paradoxical Living in a Fragmented and Pluralistic World Part Nine: Religious Traditions: Perspectives on Marriage 39: Blu Greenberg: Marriage in the Jewish Tradition 40: Wilson Yates: The Protestant View of Marriage 41: Lois Lamya Ibsen al Faruqi: Marriage in Islam

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Praise for the previous edition: One of the finest resources on the market. The editors have selected nine of the most important areas of discussion for this topic, and the authors are the best in the field. --Dawn M. Nothwehr, Catholic Theological Union Excellent source for undergraduate students and other readers interested in marriage issues; readable and straightforward. --Ines A. Murzaku, Seton Hall University An excellent collection of essays on the history, meaning, and theology of marriage. It should be required for seminars in theology of marriage and courses in pre-marital/marital counseling. --Neil D. Anderson, Asbury College Excellent source for undergraduate students and other readers interested in marriage issues; readable and straightforward. --Ines A. Murzaku, Seton Hall University

Praise for the previous edition: One of the finest resources on the market. The editors have selected nine of the most important areas of discussion for this topic, and the authors are the best in the field. --Dawn M. Nothwehr, Catholic Theological Union Excellent source for undergraduate students and other readers interested in marriage issues; readable and straightforward. --Ines A. Murzaku, Seton Hall University An excellent collection of essays on the history, meaning, and theology of marriage. It should be required for seminars in theology of marriage and courses in pre-marital/marital counseling. --Neil D. Anderson, Asbury College Excellent source for undergraduate students and other readers interested in marriage issues; readable and straightforward. --Ines A. Murzaku, Seton Hall University

Praise for the previous edition: <br> One of the finest resources on the market. The editors have selected nine of the most important areas of discussion for this topic, and the authors are the best in the field. --Dawn M. Nothwehr, Catholic Theological Union<br> Excellent source for undergraduate students and other readers interested in marriage issues; readable and straightforward. --Ines A. Murzaku, Seton Hall University<br> An excellent collection of essays on the history, meaning, and theology of marriage. It should be required for seminars in theology of marriage and courses in pre-marital/marital counseling. --Neil D. Anderson, Asbury College<br> Excellent source for undergraduate students and other readers interested in marriage issues; readable and straightforward. --Ines A. Murzaku, Seton Hall University<br>

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