On Marriage and Family (eBook)

Classic and Contemporary Texts

Matthew Levering (Herausgeber)

eBook Download: EPUB

2005
160 Seiten
Sheed & Ward (Verlag)
978-1-4616-6767-4 (ISBN)

Infos

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.

Autor

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.

Inhalt

Chapter 1 HermasChapter 2 St. Clement of AlexandriaChapter 3 TertullianChapter 4 St. Gregory of NazianzusChapter 5 St. Gregory of NyssaChapter 6 St. AugustineChapter 7 Hugh of St. VictorChapter 8 St. Thomas AquinasChapter 9 St. Birgitta of SwedenChapter 10 St. Thomas MoreChapter 11 St. Teresa of AvilaChapter 12 St. Jane de ChantalChapter 13 The Second Vatican CouncilChapter 14 Pope John Paul IIChapter 15 Blessed Teresa of Calcutta

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 25.3.2005
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Religionsgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Kirchengeschichte
• Themenwelt: Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Moraltheologie / Sozialethik
• Themenwelt: Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Pastoraltheologie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Mikrosoziologie
• ISBN-10: 1-4616-6767-4 / 1461667674
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4616-6767-4 / 9781461667674