Title Church, state, and family : reconciling traditional teachings and modern liberties / John Witte, Jr

Published Cambridge ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2019 ©2019

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Description 1 online resource (xxii, 434 pages) Series Law and Christianity Law and Christianity. Contents Introduction -- The first integrative visions of Christian marriage and family life -- Marriage as an office of nature and a sacrament of the church -- The marital family as social estate and community covenant -- The domestic market -- The nature of family in seventeenth-century Christian thought -- The surprising liberal defense of the traditional family in the enlightenment -- The multidimensional family sphere -- Why suffer the children? -- Why no polygamy after same-sex marriage -- By the power vested in whom? -- The dangers of private ordering -- Concluding reflections -- Bibliography -- Index Summary This book defends the fundamental place of the marital family in modern liberal societies. While applauding modern sexual freedoms, John Witte, Jr also defends the traditional Western teaching that the marital family is an essential cradle of conscience, chrysalis of care, and cornerstone of ordered liberty. He thus urges churches, states, and other social institutions to protect and promote the marital family. He encourages reticent churches to embrace the rights of women and children, as Christians have long taught, and encourages modern states to promote responsible sexual freedom and family relations, as liberals have long said. He counsels modern churches and states to share in family law governance, and to resist recent efforts to privatize, abolish, or radically expand the marital family sphere. Witte also invites fellow citizens to end their bitter battles over same-sex marriage and tend to the vast family field that urgently needs concerted attention and action Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on May 02, 2019) Subject Families -- Religious aspects -- Christianity -- History of doctrines Marriage -- Religious aspects -- Christianity -- History of doctrines RELIGION -- Christian Life -- Social Issues. RELIGION -- Christianity -- General. Marriage -- Religious aspects -- Christianity -- History of doctrines Form Electronic book ISBN 9781316886939 131688693X 9781316882542 1316882543 9781316636121 1316636127

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