Marriage and Family

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This text builds a foundational knowledge of theology while simultaneously developing major themes around the topics of marriage and family. The author speaks from the perspective of the sacramental theology of marriage but is always respectful of other faith traditions and the religiously diverse classroom. The book introduces, develops, and reinforces basic categories for thinking about the contemporary reality of marriage and family as grounded in the scriptural, historical, theological, ecclesial, and spiritual traditions of Christianity. Sensitive issues such as human sexuality and divorce are treated with a contextually grounded and moderate point of view. A meaningful correlation is made between the classical sources of Christianity and the lived experience of marriage. Included are discussion questions and a review guide at the end of each chapter.
Appropriate as a primary text in undergraduate courses on the theology of the family, marriage and family, and ethics courses with a similar focus.

In Marriage and Family: A Christian Theological Foundation, Natalie Kertes Weaver expertly integrates an introduction to foundational theology with a Christian theology of marriage and family. College students relatively new to these topics will find themselves in good hands as Weaver lays out Christian historical and theological developments relating to marriage and family, including the following foundational issues:
• marriage as covenant
• the model of Jesus’ love for marital charity
• civil and ecclesial treatments of marriage
• Catholic teaching of marriage as sacrament
• dignity and human sexuality within marriage
• the family as domestic church
• marriage and family and issues of justice, divorce, forgiveness, and more
• modern marriage and its future
Chapter 1Introduction: Theology of Marriage and Family–What Is It and How Do We Do It?
Chapter 2Marriage as Covenant
Chapter 3Jesus’ Love and Marital Charity
Chapter 4Historical Development and Marriage
Chapter 5Marriage as Sacrament
Chapter 6Modern Marriage and How We Got Here
Chapter 7Dignity and Human Sexuality within Marriage
Chapter 8Conversion, Character, Commitment
Chapter 9Justice and Marriage
Chapter 10Domestic Church
Chapter 11Divorce and Forgiveness
Chapter 12Marriage and the Future

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