This book 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. It 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.
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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. It 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.
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Christian theology is necessarily a human, intellectual endeavour which listens. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
prenuptial cohabitation, distinction between prenuptial, consensual partnering, matrimonium initiatum, consortium omnis vitae, consortium totius vitae, marital theology, maritalis affectio, marital norm, cohabitation effect, betrothal rite, marital sacrament, betrothal promises, betrothed women, premarital cohabitation, proximate preparation, informal marriage, betrothal period, entry into marriage, marriage liturgies, cohabitation before marriage, informal unions, betrothal ceremony, consent theory, cohabiting couples Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Roman Catholic, Human Sexuality, New Testament, United States, Council of Trent, Church of England, Kenneth Stevenson, Sheffield Academic Press, Jesus Christ, Van Gennep, Adrian Thatcher, Church House Publishing, Holy Spirit, Christian Society, Middle Ages, Catechism of the Catholic Church, Familiaris Consortio, Hardwicke Marriage Act, Romans D'Aventure, Church of Scotland, Missouri Synod, Victor Turner, Cambridge University Press, John Knox Press New!
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Christian theology is necessarily a human, intellectual endeavour which listens. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
prenuptial cohabitation, distinction between prenuptial, consensual partnering, matrimonium initiatum, consortium omnis vitae, consortium totius vitae, marital theology, maritalis affectio, marital norm, cohabitation effect, betrothal rite, marital sacrament, betrothal promises, betrothed women, premarital cohabitation, proximate preparation, informal marriage, betrothal period, entry into marriage, marriage liturgies, cohabitation before marriage, informal unions, betrothal ceremony, consent theory, cohabiting couples Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Roman Catholic, Human Sexuality, New Testament, United States, Council of Trent, Church of England, Kenneth Stevenson, Sheffield Academic Press, Jesus Christ, Van Gennep, Adrian Thatcher, Church House Publishing, Holy Spirit, Christian Society, Middle Ages, Catechism of the Catholic Church, Familiaris Consortio, Hardwicke Marriage Act, Romans D'Aventure, Church of Scotland, Missouri Synod, Victor Turner, Cambridge University Press, John Knox Press New!
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