Thinking again about marriage
Subtitle: key theological questions
By: edited by John P. Bradbury and Susannah Cornwall
Publisher: SCM Press
Published: 2016
Place of publication: London, UK
Language: eng
Number of pages: 220
ISBN-13: 9780334053699
Copyright date: 2016
Subjects: Marriage; Religious aspects; Christianity; Anglican Communion
Description: This book provides a serious but accessible exploration of the Christian theology of marriage, designed for undergraduate students and ordinands as well as clergy. The authors aim to guide readers into the practice of thinking theologically about marriage. They ask what is involved in thinking through marriage in the light of Scripture; what it means to draw on the Christian tradition; what it means to attend to the liturgical forms in which marriage is celebrated; and what it means to attend to experience theologically. This book fills a gap in the market for a considered approach to the theology of marriage. It places the issues surrounding same-sex marriage in the context of a broader Christian theology of marriage and seeks to offer a resource for critical and constructive thinking.
Notes: Includes bibliography (pages 203-212) and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : thinking again about marriage in changing times  -- Susannah Cornwall and John P. Bradbury; title: Marriage, gender, and doctrine  -- Mike Higton; title: Thinking about marriage : what can we learn from Christian history?  -- Charlotte Methuen; title: Thinking about marriage with Scripture  -- Ben Fulford; title: Taking time over marriage : tradition, history and time in recent debates  -- Frances Clemson; title: A perfect crown : towards a liturgical theology of marriage  -- Julie Gittoes; title: Faithfulness to our sexuate bodies : the vocations of generativity and sex  -- Susannah Cornwall; title: An ascetical critique of the concept of 'gender complementarity'  -- Raphael Cadenhead; title: Called to become ... a vocational theology of marriage  -- John P. Bradbury; title: Reproduction and the body's grace  -- Brett Gray; title: Marriage and English law  -- Augur Pearce; title: Afterword : setting marriage in context -- Rachel Muers.