Perspectives on Marriage: A Reader

By Kieran Scott

Book Overview

Thoroughly revised and updated in this third edition, Perspectives on Marriage is a comprehensive and multidisciplinary anthology ideal for courses in the theology and spirituality of marriage. This edition features thirteen new articles and incorporates the best of contemporary perspectives on marriage and sexuality. The selections represent a wide range of approaches, from the historical and canonical to the sociological, psychological, and ministerial. Striking a balance between solid theological material and stimulating readings on today's issues, the volume explores marriage in its historical context; current views on the theology of marriage; the meanings and transitions of marriage; attitudes toward sexuality; communication, conflict, and change; commitment, divorce, and annulment; the spirituality of marriage; and various religious perspectives on marriage. The third edition includes a new section on issues that affect marriage--such as the commercialization of marriage and the financial stresses accompanying marriage--as well as new selections on such topics as same-sex marriage, cohabitation, the theology of dating, and counseling. Each essay is enhanced by a detailed editors' introduction and by helpful discussion questions. Rich, provocative, and challenging, Perspectives on Marriage, Third Edition, is the most extensive and up-to-date reader of its kind.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195313461
• ISBN13: 9780195313468
• Release Date: October 2006
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 480 Pages
• Weight: 1.71 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.7" x 9.5"

Customer Reviews

Great addition

This is a superb book. Whilst I do not agree with everything written, it definitely opens your mind and allows you to truly esteem to a proper understanding of the sacrament of marriage. My fave articles are the Lawler and Cooke articles. MARRIAGE IS AWESOME! This book made me understand it a great deal more! THANKS WARREN AND SCOTT!

A great college text for Christian Marriage.

This is the fifth semester I have used this text in my Marriage and Family course. Each semester I like it better. Wile difficult for the younger student, Perspectives allows the serious student to stretch his/her thinking on marriage in the Christian framework. This book is a must read by any Marriage and Family teacher at a Catholic college or university, and should be included in every college library.