What God has joined together : the annulment crisis in American Catholicism / Robert H. Vasoli.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Vasoli, Robert H., author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Catholic Church--Doctrines.

Marriage--United States--Annulment (Canon law).

Marriage.

Marriage--Annulment (Canon law)--Popular works.

Marriage--Annulment--United States--Popular works.

Local Subjects:

Catholic Church--Doctrines.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 252 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York ; Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Since Vatican II, there has been an increase in the number of Catholic marriage annulments in the USA. Pathbreaking and provocative, this book explores how and why the American system has become geared to the mass-production of annulments.

Contents:

Contents; Introduction; 1. Profaning Marriage; 2. Winds of Change; 3. Building on the Groundwork; 4. The New Jurisprudence; 5. Psychologizing Annulment; 6. Systemic Abuse of Psychology; 7. Promoting the Blueprint; 8. Screening and Docketing Cases; 9. Tribunal Personnel; 10. Respondents and the Right of Defense; 11. Appellate Review; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 1998.

Bibliography: p239-247. - Includes index.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

0-19-774185-1

1-280-52898-2

0-19-802669-2

1-4294-0434-5

OCLC:

476016002