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Author Carlson, Allan C.

Title Conjugal America : on the public purposes of marriage / Allan Carlson.

Publication Info. New Brunswick, N.J. : Transaction Publishers, [2007]
©2007

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  306.81 C284C    Check Shelf
Description ix, 138 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Children as the first purpose of marriage -- Two becoming one flesh : marriage as the union of the sexual and the economic -- "Speak now or forever hold your peace" : the communal nature of marriage -- Standing for liberty : marriage, virtue, and the political state -- "Conjugal happiness" and the American style : the special relationship between marriage and the American experience -- The necessity of marriage policy.
Subject Marriage -- Government policy -- United States.
Marriage -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
Human reproduction -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
Religion and politics -- United States.
ISBN 0765803623
9780765803627
1412807891 paperback
9781412807890 paperback
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