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Title Covenant marriage in comparative perspective / [edited by] John Witte, Jr. & Eliza Ellison.

Publication Info. Grand Rapids, Mich. : W.B. Eerdmans Pub. Co., [2005]
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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  261.835 C873C    Check Shelf
Description xiii, 342 pages ; 24 cm.
Series Religion, marriage, and family
Religion, marriage, and family series.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-332) and index.
Contents Introduction / John Witte, Jr., and Joel A. Nichols -- 1. Jewish marriage : nature, covenant, and contract / David Novak -- 2. The covenant-contract dialectic in Jewish marriage and divorce law / Michael J. Broyde -- 3. Marriage as covenant in the Catholic tradition / Michael G. Lawler -- 4. Covenant marriage : reflections from an Eastern Orthodox perspective / Stanley Samuel Harakas -- 5. Marriage as covenant in early Protestant thought : its development and implications / James Turner Johnson -- 6. Covenantal marriage : Protestant views and contemporary life / Max L. Stackhouse -- 7. The nature of the Islamic marriage : sacramental, covenantal, or contractual? / Azizah Y. al-Hibri -- 8. Marriage, love, and sexuality in Islam : an overview of genres and themes / Richard C. Martin -- 9. The modern American covenant marriage movement : its origins and its future / Katherine Shaw Spaht -- 10. What does covenant mean for relationships? / Margaret F. Brinig and Steven L. Nock -- 11. The American "covenant marriage" in the conflict of laws / Peter Hay.
Subject Marriage -- Religious aspects.
Added Author Witte, John, Jr., 1959-
Ellison, Eliza.
ISBN 0802829937 paperback
9780802829931 paperback
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