From Sacrament to Contract, Second Edition: Marriage, Religion, and Law in the Western Tradition
- ISBN-10
- 1611641926
- ISBN-13
- 9781611641929
- Category
- Religion
- Pages
- 408
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2012-01-31
- Publisher
- Presbyterian Publishing Corp
- Author
- John Witte Jr.
Description
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.
Get the book
Similar books
-
From Sacrament to Contract: Marriage, Religion, and Law in the Western Tradition
By John WitteThis second edition updates and expands each chapter and the bibliography. It also includes three new chapters on classical, biblical, and patristic sources.
-
American Constitutionalism, Marriage, and the Family: Obergefell v. Hodges and U.S. v. Windsor in Context
By David Ramsey, Patrick N. CainJohn Witte, Jr., From Sacrament to Contract: Marriage, Religion, and Law in the Western Tradition, second edition, (Louisville, Kentucky: Westminster John Knox Press, 2012). The first edition was published by Westminister John Knox ...
-
God, Marriage, and Family (Second Edition): Rebuilding the Biblical Foundation
By Andreas J. Köstenberger, David W. JonesEdited by David E. Aune. Society of Biblical Literature Sources for Biblical Study 21. Atlanta: Scholars Press, 1988. _____. Let Wives Be Submissive: The Domestic Code in 1 Peter. Society of Biblical Literature Monograph Series 26.
-
Sacraments of Initiation, Second Edition: A Theology of Life, Word, and Rite
The original edition of this book presented a theology of sacraments that emerged out of a Church stirred into new life by the Second Vatican Council.
-
Marriage: Its Foundation, Theology, and Mission in a Changing World
By John Trent, Eric L. Johnson, Erik ThoennesIt can be difficult to know how to respond to a culture that is becoming more and more antagonistic to biblical beliefs about marriage. And this is a topic worth getting right.
-
Engendered: What Was God Thinking? Gender Roles & Relationships
By Patsy CamenetiFrom Sacrament to Contract, Second Edition: Marriage, Religion and Law in the Western Tradition, John Witte Jr, Westminster John Knox Press, Louisville, KY, 2012, pp 33-34. Used with permission. CHAPTER 25 Without Words you conduct 1 In ...
-
Understanding The Sacraments Today: Second Edition
By Lawrence E. MickLawrence E. Mick, a priest in the Archdiocese of Cincinnati, is a liturgical consultant and writer whose numerous books include Living Baptism Daly, published by Liturgical Press.
-
Liturgical Resources 2: Marriage Rites for the Whole Church
Witte, John, Jr. From Sacrament to Contract: Marriage, Religion, and Law in the Western Tradition. Second edition. Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox Press, 2012. Study of the interplay of law, theology, and marriage from classical ...
-
The Wiley Blackwell Companion to World Christianity
By Lamin Sanneh, Michael McClymondRaboteau, A. (1978) Slave Religion: The “Invisible Institution” in the American South. New York: Oxford University Press. Reklis, K. (2014) Theology and the Kinesthetic Imagination: Jonathan Edwards NORTH AMERICA 533 Notes Bibliography.
-
Succession Law, Practice and Society in Europe across the Centuries
By Maria Gigliola di Renzo VillataThis book presents a broad overview of succession law, encompassing aspects of family law, testamentary law and legal history.