From sacrament to contract : marriage, religion, and law in the Western tradition / John Witte, Jr.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Witte, John, Jr., 1959- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Marriage (Canon law).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 393 p. ) ill. ;

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

Louisville, Kentucky : Westminster John Knox Press, [2012]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"This newly revised and enlarged edition of John Witte's authoritative historical study explores the interplay of law, theology, and marriage in the Western tradition. Witte uncovers the core beliefs that formed the theological genetic code of Western marriage and family law. He explores the systematic models of marriage developed by Catholics, Lutherans, Calvinists, Anglicans, and Enlightenment thinkers, and the transformative influence of each model on Western marriage law. In addition, he traces the millennium-long reduction of marriage from a complex spiritual, social, contractual, and natural institution into a simple private contract with freedom of entrance, exercise, and exit for husband and wife alike.

This second edition updates and expands each chapter and the bibliography. It also includes three new chapters on classical, biblical, and patristic sources."--Pub. desc.

Contents:

Classical foundations of western marriage

Biblical foundations of western marriage

Patristic foundations of western marriage

Marriage as sacrament in the Medieval Catholic tradition

Marriage as social estate in the Lutheran reformation

Marriage as covenant in the Calvinist tradition

Marriage as commonwealth in the Anglican tradition

marriage as contract in the Enlightenment tradition.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 331-359) and indexes.

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781611641929

1611641926