Covenant and commitments
Subtitle: faith, family, and economic life
By: Max L. Stackhouse.
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: The family, religion, and culture
Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Louisville, Ky
Language: eng
Number of pages: 195
Subjects: Family -- Religious aspects -- Christianity; Covenants -- Religious aspects -- Christianity; Christian sociology
Other titles: Covenant & commitments
Description: "Recognizing the inadequacy of current "family values" rhetoric, ethicist Max L. Stackhouse proposes a covenantal ethic of the family that accounts for the changing landscape of our homes and our workplaces. His brilliant analysis of how religious images of the family impact culture, the Protestant notion of covenanted marriage in relation to economic structures, and the role of state welfare policies on the development of children constitutes a crucial turning point in the debate over the American family."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [161]-189) and index.