Living Together and Christian EthicsCambridge University Press, 2002 M03 21 - 302 pages Living Together and Christian Ethics is the first positive, in-depth study of cohabitation outside marriage from a mainstream Christian theological perspective. The book retrieves the traditions of betrothal from the bible and church history, and shows how these can transform Christian attitudes to living together before marriage. It takes issue with theologians who marginalize marriage, and suggests that the recognition of marital values can act as a helpful bridge between Christian teaching and people who are not formally married. |
Contents
Living together as a theological problems | 3 |
Living together a preliminary theological analysis | 39 |
Testing the betrothal solution | 76 |
An exercise in retrieval bringing back betrothal | 119 |
Evidence from liturgy and law | 151 |
Whatever happened to betrothal? | 182 |
Extending the marital norm | 211 |
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