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How did a religion founded on the loosening of earthly ties come to extol the virtues of the traditional family?
In this richly-textured history of the relationship between Christianity and the family, Rosemary Radford Ruether traces their development to reveal the misconceptions at the heart of the 'family values' debate.
Beginning with the Jewish and Roman families of antiquity, Ruether shows that the anti-family traditions of the Gospels and early Christianity can be understood as a critique of oppressive forms of family. But Christianity later defined and relied upon family life as it grew into a stable social force.
Taking us to the present, Ruether examines how contemporary claims on the family - from same sex marriage to feminism to the fragmentation of Christianity - shape the way Christians respond to and resist new definitions of private life.
Finally, she argues convincingly for a way in which religion can accommodate the needs of believers without interference from the state, and how Christianity - always fluid and ever-evolving - can satisfy its role to its adherents without compromising its importance as a source of spiritual resilience.
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Rosemary Radford Ruether
Book Format
paperback
Publisher
SCM
Published
April 2001
Weight
355g
Page Count
304
Dimensions
14 x 21.6 x 1.7 cm
ISBN
9780334028222
ISBN-10
0334028221
Eden Code
117941
