| Edition |
Third edition. |
| Description |
viii, 472 pages ; 24 cm |
| Note |
Previous ed.: 2000. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
pt. 1. Marriage in historical perspective -- 1. Marriage in the Bible / Michale G. Lawler -- 2. The primitive Christian understanding of marriage / Theodore Mackin, S.J. -- 3. Marriage : a historical survey / Joseph Martos -- pt. 2. Contemporary perspectives on the theology of marriage -- 4. Christian marriage : basic sacrament / Bernard Cooke -- 5. "Nuptial Pentecost" : theological reflections on the presence and action of the Holy Spirit in Christian marriage / Julie McCarty -- pt. 3. Marriage : meanings and transitions -- 6. Marriage versus living together / Jo McGowan -- 7. Marriage preparation and cohabiting couples : information report / NCCB Marriage and Family Committee -- 8. Cohabitation and marriage as a life-process / Kieran Scott -- 9. The meaning of a marriage / Evelyn Eaton Whitehead, James D. Whitehead -- 10. The meaning of marriage : of two minds / Edward C. Vacek -- 11. Same-sex marriage : threat or aspiration / Stephen J. Pope -- 12. Marriage becomes a journey / Evelyn Eaton Whitehead, James D. Whitehead -- pt. 4. Attitudes toward sexuality -- 13. Sex matters : the riches of the Catholic sexual tradition / Sidney Callahan -- 14. A revolution's broken promises / Peter Marin -- 15. Passionate attachments in the West in historical perspective / Lawrence Stone -- 16. Four mischievous theories of sex : demonic, divine, casual, and nuisance / William F. May -- 17. The neglected heart : the emotional dangers of premature sexual involvement / Thomas Lickona -- 18. Sex, time, and meaning : a theology of dating / Jason King, Donna Freitas -- 19. Beyond romance to human love / Robert A. Johnson -- 20. The transmission of life / Pope John Paul II -- pt. V. Communication, conflict, and change -- 21. How people change / Allen Wheelis -- 22. "Put down that paper and talk to me!" : rapport-talk and report-talk / Deborah Tannen -- 23. Communication and conflict / Evelyn Eaton Whitehead, James D. Whitehead -- 24. Communication / Thomas N. Hart, Kathleen Fischer Hart -- 25. The battered woman : myths and reality / Lenore E. Walker -- 26. Men who make women want to scream / Connell Cowan, Melvin Kinder -- 27. Going to the therapist en route to the altar / Zoë Wolff -- pt. 6. Issues impacting marriage -- 28. Watching new love as it sears the brain / Benedict Carey -- 29. You're getting married : the Wal-Martization of the bridal business / Rebecca Mead -- 30. Money, marriage, and making a future : the letter to Emily / Michale Warren -- pt. 7. Commitment, divorce, and annulment -- 31. What God has joined together... / Bernard Cooke -- 32. The meaning of commitment / Margaret Farley -- 33. Annulment : the process and its meaning / Patrick R. Lagges -- 34. Remarried Catholics : searching for church belonging / James J. Young -- 35. Divorce and remarriage in the Catholic Church : ten theses / Michael G. Lawler -- 36. Children after divorce : wounds that don't heal / Judith S. Wallerstein -- pt. 8. Spirituality of marriage -- 37. Spirituality and lifestyle / Evelyn Eaton whitehead, James D. Whitehead -- 38. Faithful becoming : forming families in the art of paradoxical living in a fragmented and pluralistic world / Herbert Anderson -- pt. 9. Religious traditions : perspectives on marriage -- 39. Marriage in the Jewish tradition / Blu Greenberg -- 40. The Protestant view of marriage / Wilson Yates -- 41. Marriage in Islam / Lois Lamyā' Ibsen al Faruqi. |
| Subject |
Marriage -- Religious aspects -- Catholic Church.
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Catholic Church -- Doctrines.
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| Added Author |
Scott, Kieran.
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Warren, Michael, 1935-
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Perspectives on marriage. 3rd ed. New York : Oxford University Press, 2007 (OCoLC)607629537 |
| ISBN |
0195313461 |
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9780195313468 |
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