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Mark Regnerus
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Oxford University Press
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September 2020
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Mark Regnerus
Book Format
Hardcover
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Published
September 2020
£26.60
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The Future of Christian Marriage
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Marriage has come a long way since biblical times. Women are no longer property, and practices like polygamy have long been rejected. The world is wealthier, healthier, and more able to find and form relationships than ever. So why are Christian congregations doing more burying than marrying today? Explanations for the recession in marriage range from the mathematical--more women in church than men--to the economic, and from the availability of sex to progressive politics. But perhaps marriage hasn't really changed at all. Instead, there is simply less interest in marriage in an era marked by technology, gender equality, and secularization.
Mark Regnerus explores how today's Christians find a mate within a faith that esteems marriage but in a world that increasingly yawns at it. This book draws on in-depth interviews with nearly two hundred young-adult Christians from the United States, Mexico, Spain, Poland, Russia, Lebanon, and Nigeria, in order to understand the state of matrimony in global Christian circles today. Regnerus finds that marriage has become less of a foundation for a couple to build upon and more of a capstone. Meeting increasingly high expectations of marriage is difficult, though, in a free market whose logic reaches deep into the home today. The result is endemic uncertainty, slowing relationship maturation, and stalling marriage. But plenty of Christians innovate, resist, and wed, and this book argues that the future of marriage will be a religious one.
Author
Mark Regnerus
Book Format
Hardcover
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Published
September 2020
Weight
518g
Dimensions
163 x 237 x 28 mm
ISBN
9780190064938
ISBN-10
0190064935
Eden Code
5190627
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Author/Creator: Mark Regnerus
ISBN: 9780190064938
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date: September 2020
Weight: 518g
Dimensions: 163 x 237 x 28 mm
Eden Code: 5190627