| Description |
ii, 170 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
Religions in dialogue ; v. 2 |
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Religions in dialogue ; v. 2.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
Marriage in the Jewish tradition. The sources ; The act of marriage ; The wedding ceremony ; Marriage and divorce in relation to the state ; Marriage as a changing institution ; Intermarriage ; Sexism in the tradition -- Marriage in the Greek Orthodox tradition -- Marriage in Roman Catholicism. The traditional view ; Contemporary view -- The Protestant view of marriage -- Marriage in Islam. General characteristics of marriage in Islam ; Specific requirements for marriage in Islam ; Dissolution of marriage ; Change and the future -- Marriage in the Hindu religious tradition -- The householder and the world-renunciant : two modes of sexual expression in Buddhism. Sexuality and marriage in Buddhism ; Householder and world-renunciant throughout Buddhist history ; Marriage in the western sangha -- New occasions, new duties -- A psychological perspective -- Pastoral comments -- A matrimonial trial lawyer responds. Experimental ; Theoretical ; Some social speculations. |
| Subject |
Marriage -- Religious aspects -- Comparative studies.
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Interfaith marriage.
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| Indexed Term |
Marriage |
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Marriage |
| Added Author |
Swidler, Arlene.
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Marriage among the religions of the world. Lewiston : E. Mellen Press, c1990 (OCoLC)645827932 |
| ISBN |
0889463107 |
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9780889463103 |
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0889463794 set |
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9780889463790 set |
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