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Living together and Christian ethics / Adrian Thatcher.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Thatcher, Adrian, author.
- Series:
- New studies in Christian ethics. ; 21.
- New studies in Christian ethics ; 21
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Unmarried couples--Religious aspects--Christianity.
- Unmarried couples.
- Betrothal--Religious aspects--Christianity.
- Betrothal.
- Marriage--Religious aspects--Christianity.
- Marriage.
- Christian ethics--Anglican authors.
- Christian ethics.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xii, 302 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Other Title:
- Living Together & Christian Ethics
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2002.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Living Together and Christian Ethics is the first positive, in-depth study of cohabitation outside marriage from a mainstream Christian theological perspective. The book retrieves the traditions of betrothal from the Bible and church history, and shows how these can transform Christian attitudes to living together before marriage. A crucial distinction is made between prenuptial cohabitation where marriage is intended, and nonnuptial cohabitation where it is avoided. Since betrothal was widely understood as a real beginning of marriage, the book argues for a complete pastoral, theological and liturgical renewal that reclaims the riches of forgotten Christian marital traditions and redeploys them in conveying the good news of the faith to women and men who are not yet married. The book takes issue with theologians who marginalize marriage, and suggests that the recognition of marital values can act as a helpful bridge between Christian teaching and people who are not formally married.
- Contents:
- Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; General editor s preface; Acknowledgments; PART 1 Living together as a theological problem; PART 2 An exercise in retrieval: bringing back betrothal; PART 3 Extending the marital norm; APPENDIX A Rite of Betrothal before Marriage; Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 280-294) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-107-12293-7
- 1-280-43318-3
- 0-511-17620-1
- 0-511-61343-1
- 0-511-32947-4
- 9786610433186
- 0-521-00955-3
- 0-511-04776-2
- 0-511-15696-0
- OCLC:
- 475917607
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