On Marriage and Family

Classic and Contemporary Texts

Buch | Hardcover

144 Seiten

2005
Rowman & Littlefield (Verlag)
978-0-7425-4248-8 (ISBN)

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Marriage as an institution faces many challenges today. This volume presents essential wisdom from the 2000 year-old Christian tradition that is as true and valuable today as it always was. The readings present positive resources for understanding the sacrament of marriage as a beautiful and sacred Christian vocation, a context in which difficult times can be worked through with grace. Marriage also involves family, even if the couple has no children. In marrying a spouse, one marries his or her whole family. The readings embrace family life as well. Levering introduces historically arranged texts from Christian saints and spiritual leaders describing the nature and value of marriage, offering counsel about how to live out marriage as part of a life of faith, or depicting their own experience of family life. This volume has much to offer married couples, people preparing for marriage, and classroom study of marriage and family.

Matthew Levering is associate professor of theology at Ave Maria College. He is author of On the Priesthood, On Death and Dying, and On Prayer and Contemplation.

Chapter 1 Hermas
Chapter 2 St. Clement of Alexandria
Chapter 3 Tertullian
Chapter 4 St. Gregory of Nazianzus
Chapter 5 St. Gregory of Nyssa
Chapter 6 St. Augustine
Chapter 7 Hugh of St. Victor
Chapter 8 St. Thomas Aquinas
Chapter 9 St. Birgitta of Sweden
Chapter 10 St. Thomas More
Chapter 11 St. Teresa of Avila
Chapter 12 St. Jane de Chantal
Chapter 13 The Second Vatican Council
Chapter 14 Pope John Paul II
Chapter 15 Blessed Teresa of Calcutta

Erscheint lt. Verlag	22.5.2005
Sprache	englisch
Maße	160 x 218 mm
Gewicht	281 g
Themenwelt	Sonstiges ► Geschenkbücher
	Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Kirchengeschichte
	Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Moraltheologie / Sozialethik
ISBN-10	0-7425-4248-3 / 0742542483
ISBN-13	978-0-7425-4248-8 / 9780742542488
Zustand	Neuware