Perspectives on Marriage: A Reader By Kieran Scott (Editor), Michael Warren (Editor), K. W. ISBN: 9780195313468 Published: 2006 Number of Pages: 480 Edition: 3rd Binding: Paperback

Pricing & Availability: Additional Details: Product Type: Book Publisher: Oxford University Press Description: Thoroughly revised and updated in this third edition, Perspectives on Marriage is a comprehensive and multidisciplinary anthology ideal for courses in the theology and spirituality of marriage. This edition features thirteen new articles and incorporates the best of contemporary perspectives on marriage and sexuality. The selections represent a wide range of approaches, from the historical and canonical to the sociological, psychological, and ministerial. Striking a balance between solid theological material and stimulating readings on today's issues, the volume explores marriage in its historical context; current views on the theology of marriage; the meanings and transitions of marriage; attitudes toward sexuality; communication, conflict, and change; commitment, divorce, and annulment; the spirituality of marriage; and various religious perspectives on marriage. The third edition includes a new section on issues that affect marriage--such as the commercialization of marriage and the financial stresses accompanying marriage--as well as new selections on such topics as same-sex marriage, cohabitation, the theology of dating, and counseling. Each essay is enhanced by a detailed editors' introduction and by helpful discussion questions. Rich, provocative, and challenging, Perspectives on Marriage, Third Edition, is the most extensive and up-to-date reader of its kind.

Library of Congress Control Number
   - LC control Number:  2006048800
   - LC control Number: 2006048800

National Bibliography Number
   - Source: bnb: GBA669673

National Bibliographic Agency Control Number
   - Source: Uk
   - Record control number: 013531563

International Standard Book Number: 0195313461: 9780195313468

Other Standard Identifier
   - Standard number or code: 9780195313468

Library of Congress Call Number
   - Classification number: BX2250
   - Item number: .P415 2007

Dewey Decimal Classification Number
   - Edition number: 22
   - Classification number: 248.4

Title Statement
   - Title: Perspectives on marriage :
   - Remainder of title: a reader /
   - Statement of responsibility, etc.: edited by Kieran Scott, Michael Warren.

Edition Statement: 3rd ed.

Publication, Distribution, etc. (Imprint)
   - Place of publication, distribution, etc.: New York :
   - Name of publisher, distribution, etc.: Oxford University Press,
   - Date of publication, distribution, etc.: 2007.

Physical Description
   - Extent: viii, 472 p. ;
   - Dimensions: 24 cm.

General Note: Previous ed.: 2000.

Bibliography, etc. Note
   - Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references.

Formatted Contents Note: Marriage in the Bible / M.G. Lawler -- The Primitive Christian understanding of marriage / T. Mackin -- Marriage : a historical survey / J. Martos -- Christian marriage : basic sacrament / B. Cooke -- "Nuptial Pentecost" : theological reflections on the presence and action of the Holy Spirit in Christian marriage / J. McCarty -- Marriage versus living together / J. McGowan -- Marriage preparation and cohabiting couples : information report / NCCB Marriage and Family Committee -- Cohabitation and marriage as a life-process / K. Scott -- The meaning of a marriage / E.E. & J.D. Whitehead -- The meaning of marriage : of two minds / E.C. Vacek -- Same-sex marriage : threat or aspiration / S.J. Pope -- Marriage becomes a journey / E.E. & J.D. Whitehead -- Sex matters : the riches of the Catholic sexual tradition / S. Callahan -- A revolution's broken promises / P. Marin -- Passionate attachments in the West in historical perspective / L. Stone --^Four mischievous theories of sex : demonic, divine, casual, and nuisance / W.F. May -- The neglected heart : the emotional dangers of premature sexual involvement / T. Lickona -- Sex, time, and meaning : a theology of dating / J. King, D. Freitas -- Beyond romance to human love / R.A. Johnson -- The transmission of life / Pope John Paul II -- How people change / A. Wheelis -- "Put down that paper and talk to me!" / D. Tannen -- Communication and conflict / E.E. & J.D. Whitehead -- Communication / T.N. & K.F. Hart -- The battered woman : myths and reality / L.E. Walker -- Men who make women want to scream / C. Cowan, M. Kinder -- Going to the therapist en route to the altar / Z. Wolff -- Watching new love as it sears the brain / B. Carey -- You're getting married : the Wal-Martization of the bridal business / R. Mead -- Money, marriage, and making a future : the letter to Emily / M. Warren -- What God has joined together / B. Cooke -- The Meaning of commitment / M. Farley --^Annulment : the process and its meaning / P.R. Lagges -- Remarried Catholics : searching for church belonging / J.J. Young -- Divorce and remarriage in the Catholic Church : ten theses / M.G. Lawler -- Children after divorce : wounds that don't heal / J.S. Wallerstein -- Spirituality and lifestyle / E.E. & J.D. Whitehead -- Faithful becoming : forming families in the art of paradoxical living ... / H. Anderson -- Marriage in the Jewish tradition / B. Greenberg -- The Protestant view of marriage / W. Yates -- Marriage in Islam / L.L. Ibsen al Faruqi.

Local Notes: 4

Subject Added Entry - Corporate Name
   - Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element: Catholic Church
   - General subdivision: Doctrines.

Subject Added Entry - Topical Term
   - Topical term or geographic name entry element: Marriage
   - General subdivision: Catholic Church.
   - General subdivision: Religious aspects

Added Entry - Personal Name
   - Personal name: Scott, Kieran.
   - Personal name: Warren, Michael,
   - Dates associated with a name: 1935-
   - Dates associated with a name: 1935-.