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CONTENTS Contributors Introduction Part One MARRIAGE IN SCRIPTURE AND EARLY CHRISTIANITY 1. Marriage in the Old Testament John J. Collins 2. Marriage and Gender in the Old Testament Ronald A. Simkins 3. The Meaning(s) of Purposeful Non-Marriage in the New Testament Bruce J. Malina 4. ``And the Greatest of These Is Love'' Raymond F. Collins 5. The Radicalism of Jesus the Prophet: Implications for Christian Family Susan A. Calef 6. Equality in Marriage: The Biblical Challenge Lisa Sowle Cahill 7. Marriage Is Good, but Celibacy Is Better: The Mixed Legacy of the Early Christian Understanding of Marriage John J. O'Keefe Part Two MARRIAGE AND TRADITION 8. The Bond of Marriage Timothy J. Buckley, C.S.S.R. 9. Christian Marriage: A Divine Calling William P. Roberts 10. Casti Connubii to Gaudium et Spes: The Shifting Views of Christian Marriage Bernard Cooke 11. Friendship, Sacrament, and Marriage: The Distinction between Christian Marital Friendship and Non-Christian Marital Friendship Todd A. Salzman 12. Toward a Eucharistic Spirituality of Family: Lives Blessed, Broken, and Shared Joann Heaney-Hunter 13. Sacramental Marriage and Holy Orders: Toward an Ecclesial Ministry for Married People Thomas Knieps-Port le Roi 14. Sacramentality and Social Mission: A New Way to Imagine Marriage Thomas M. Kelly Part Three MARRIAGE AND EXPERIENCE 15. Cohabitation: Integrating Ecclesial and Social Scientific Teaching Gail Risch 16. Engagement: A Time to Discern, a Time to Build Gregory M. Faulhaber 17. Vulnerable to the Holy: Meditating on Friendship, Sex, and Marriage Enda McDonagh 18. The Christian Spiritual Life and the Family Wendy M. Wright 19. Living the Dual Vocation of Christian Parenthood Julie Hanlon Rubio 20. Married and Aging: A Value to Society Aldegonde Brenninkmeijer-Werhahn 21. Marriage and Non-Practicing Catholics Florence Caffrey Bourg 22. Interchurch Marriages: Theological and Pastoral Reflections Michael G. Lawler 23. Interreligious Marriage: A Personal Reflection R. R. Reno 24. The Sacramentality of Marriage as a Hermeneutic for Health Care Ethics Gerard Magill Appendix / Theology 350: Marriage and the Catholic Tradition Frequently Asked Questions Notes Glossary Index
Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication:
Marriage -- Religious aspects -- Catholic Church.
Catholic Church -- Doctrines.