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Covenant marriage in comparative perspective / edited by John Witte, Jr. & Eliza Ellison.

Contributor(s): Witte, John, Jr, 1959- | Ellison, Eliza
Material type: TextTextSeries: Religion, marriage, and family series: Publisher: Grand Rapids, Mich. : Wm. B. Eerdmans Pub., [2005]Copyright date: ©2005Description: xiii, 342 pages ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0802829937 (pbk. : alk. paper); 9780802829931 (pbk. : alk. paper)Subject(s): Marriage -- Religious aspectsDDC classification: 205/.63 LOC classification: BL462 | .C68 2005Bibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Introduction / John Witte, Jr. and Joel A. Nichols -- Jewish marriage : nature, covenant, and contract / David Novak -- The covenant-contract dialectic in Jewish marriage and divorce law / Michael J. Broyde -- Marriage as covenant in the Catholic tradition / Michael G. Lawler -- Covenant marriage : reflections from an Eastern Orthodox perspective / Stanley Samuel Harakas -- Marriage as covenant in early Protestant thought : its development and implications / James Turner Johnson -- Covenantal marriage : Protestant views and contemporary life / Max L. Stackhouse -- The nature of the Islamic marriage : sacramental, covenantal, or contractual? / Azizah Y. al-Hibri -- Marriage, love, and sexuality in Islam : an overview of genres and themes / Richard C. Martin -- The modern American covenant marriage movement : its origins and its future / Katherine Shaw Spaht -- What does covenant mean for relationships? / Margaret F. Brinig and Steven L. Nock -- The American "covenant marriage" in the conflict of laws / Peter Hay.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction / John Witte, Jr. and Joel A. Nichols -- Jewish marriage : nature, covenant, and contract / David Novak -- The covenant-contract dialectic in Jewish marriage and divorce law / Michael J. Broyde -- Marriage as covenant in the Catholic tradition / Michael G. Lawler -- Covenant marriage : reflections from an Eastern Orthodox perspective / Stanley Samuel Harakas -- Marriage as covenant in early Protestant thought : its development and implications / James Turner Johnson -- Covenantal marriage : Protestant views and contemporary life / Max L. Stackhouse -- The nature of the Islamic marriage : sacramental, covenantal, or contractual? / Azizah Y. al-Hibri -- Marriage, love, and sexuality in Islam : an overview of genres and themes / Richard C. Martin -- The modern American covenant marriage movement : its origins and its future / Katherine Shaw Spaht -- What does covenant mean for relationships? / Margaret F. Brinig and Steven L. Nock -- The American "covenant marriage" in the conflict of laws / Peter Hay.

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