Living together and Christian ethics / / Adrian Thatcher [[electronic resource]]

• Autore: Thatcher Adrian
• Pubblicazione: Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2002
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xii, 302 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
• Disciplina: 248.4
• Soggetto topico: Unmarried couples - Religious aspects - Christianity; Betrothal - Religious aspects - Christianity; Marriage - Religious aspects - Christianity; Christian ethics - Anglican authors
• Note generali: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 280-294) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; General editor s preface; Acknowledgments; PART 1 Living together as a theological problem; PART 2 An exercise in retrieval: bringing back betrothal; PART 3 Extending the marital norm; APPENDIX A Rite of Betrothal before Marriage; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Living Together and Christian Ethics is the first positive, in-depth study of cohabitation outside marriage from a mainstream Christian theological perspective. The book retrieves the traditions of betrothal from the Bible and church history, and shows how these can transform Christian attitudes to living together before marriage. A crucial distinction is made between prenuptial cohabitation where marriage is intended, and nonnuptial cohabitation where it is avoided. Since betrothal was widely understood as a real beginning of marriage, the book argues for a complete pastoral, theological and liturgical renewal that reclaims the riches of forgotten Christian marital traditions and redeploys them in conveying the good news of the faith to women and men who are not yet married. The book takes issue with theologians who marginalize marriage, and suggests that the recognition of marital values can act as a helpful bridge between Christian teaching and people who are not formally married.
• Altri titoli varianti: Living Together & Christian Ethics
• Titolo autorizzato: Living together and Christian ethics
• ISBN: 1-107-12293-7; 1-280-43318-3; 0-511-17620-1; 0-511-61343-1; 0-511-32947-4; 9786610433186; 0-521-00955-3; 0-511-04776-2; 0-511-15696-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910818685003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: New studies in Christian ethics. ; ; 21.