Covenant marriage in comparative perspective / [edited by] John Witte, Jr. & Eliza Ellison.

Contributor Witte, John, Jr., 1959-

Imprint:Grand Rapids, Mich. : W.B. Eerdmans Pub. Co., c2005.

Descriptionxiii, 342 p. ; 24 cm.

Note:Jewish marriage / David Novak -- The covenant-contract dialectic in Jewish marriage and divorce law / Michael J. Broyde -- Marriage as covenant in the Catholic tradition / Michael G. Lawler -- Covenant marriage : reflections from an Eastern Orthodox perspective / Stanley Samuel Harakas -- Marriage as covenant in early Protestant thought / James Turner Johnson -- Covenantal marriage : Protestant views and contemporary life / Max L. Stackhouse -- The nature of the Islamic marriage / Azizah Y. al-Hibri -- Marriage, love, and sexuality in Islam / Richard C. Martin -- The modern American covenant marriage movement / Katherine Shaw Spaht -- What does covenant mean for relationships? / Margaret F. Brinig and Steven L. Nock -- The American "covenant marriage" in the conflict of laws / Peter Hay.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (p. 317-332) and index.

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