Covenant and Commitments
Faith, Family and Economic Life
By Max L. Stackhouse
Ethicist Max Stackhouse challenges libertarian and liberationist arguments that distort the nature and character of love, sexuality, and commitment. He seeks to recover a covenantal ethic, which would recapture the value of strong family relationship...
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Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
Publication Date: 4/1/1997
ISBN: 9780664254674
Format: 6 x 9
Pages: 208
Faith Traditions and the Family
By Phyllis D. Airhart, Margaret Lamberts Bendroth
Family life since World War II has undergone dramatic changes. Cultural shifts emphasizing personal needs and fulfillment have transformed traditional understandings of marriage and divorce, gender equality, and sexual behavior, resulting in a marked...
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Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
Publication Date: 8/1/1996
ISBN: 9780664255817
Format: 6 x 9
Pages: 188
Families in Ancient Israel
By Joseph Blenkinsopp, John J. Collins, Carol L. Meyers, LEO G. PERDUE
Four respected scholars of the Hebrew Bible and early Judaism provide a clear portrait of the family in ancient Israel. Important theological and ethical implications are made for the family today.The Family, Culture, and Religion series offers infor...
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Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
Publication Date: 5/1/1997
ISBN: 9780664255671
Format: 6 x 9
Pages: 285
Families in the New Testament World
Households and House Churches
By David L. Balch, Carolyn A. Osiek
What was the family like for the first Christians? Informed by archaeological work and illustrated by figures, this work is a remarkable window into the past, one that both informs and illuminates our current condition.The Family, Culture, and Religi...
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Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
Publication Date: 4/1/1997
ISBN: 9780664255466
Format: 6 x 9
Pages: 342
The Family Handbook
By Herbert Anderson, Don S. Browning, Ian S. Evison, Mary Stewart Van Leeuwen
This encyclopedic volume brings clarity and focus to a multitude of family issues. The expert contributors deal with practical and important questions, thereby providing information of significant usefulness to social workers, therapists, lawyers, mi...
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Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
Publication Date: 5/1/1998
ISBN: 9780664256906
Format: 6x9
Pages: 345
For the Love of Children
Genetic Technology and the Future of the Family
By Ted Peters
Choices in reproductive technology have multiplied at a staggering rate. Is our society prepared to decide on issues about procreation (artificial insemination and invitro fertilization) or genetic engineering ("designer children" and selective abort...
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Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
Publication Date: 10/1/1996
ISBN: 9780664254681
Format: 6 x 9
Pages: 240
From Culture Wars to Common Ground, Second Edition
Religion and the American Family Debate
By Don S. Browning, Pamela D. Couture, Robert M. Franklin, K. Brynolf Lyon, Bonnie J. Miller-McLemore
What is the status of the American family? How is it changing? Are these changes making anything better? What is the future of the family? Does religion offer a positive answer? Not since Habits of the Heart has one book confronted these important is...
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Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
Publication Date: 10/1/2000
ISBN: 9780664223526
Format: 6 x 9
Pages: 406
From Sacrament to Contract, Second Edition
Marriage, Religion, and Law in the Western Tradition
By John Witte Jr.
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...
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Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
Publication Date: 1/17/2012
ISBN: 9780664234324
Format: 6 x 9
Pages: 414
Religion, Feminism, and the Family
By Anne Carr, Mary Stewart Van Leeuwen
Despite the tension between some proponents of feminism and organized religion, particularly in regard to family life, little has been written to view religion, feminism, and the family simultaneously. Drawing on history, theology, and the social sci...
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Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
Publication Date: 11/1/1996
ISBN: 9780664255121
Format: 5 x 8
Pages: 416
Tending the Flock
Congregations and Family Ministry
By K. Brynolf Lyon, Archie Smith Jr.
Many churches are unprepared to face the challenges inherent in family life today. Others, though, have developed innovative and exciting responses. In this book, case studies provide insights and strategies to help develop a practical theological pe...
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Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
Publication Date: 10/1/1998
ISBN: 9780664256272
Format: 6 X 9
Pages: 219
 
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