From Sacrament to Contract: Marriage, Religion, and Law in the Western Tradition John Witte Jr.

From Sacrament to Contract: Marriage, Religion, and Law in the Western Tradition

Author: John Witte Jr.
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From Sacrament to Contract: Marriage, Religion, and Law in the Western Tradition
Author
John Witte Jr.
ISBN
9780664234324
This newly revised and enlarged edition of John Witte's authoritative historical study explores the interplay of law, theology, and marriage in the Western tradition. Witte uncovers the core beliefs that formed the theological genetic code of Western marriage and family law. He explores the systematic models of marriage developed by Catholics, Lutherans, Calvinists, Anglicans, and Enlightenment thinkers, and the transformative influence of each model on Western marriage law. In addition, he traces the millennium-long reduction of marriage from a complex spiritual, social, contractual, and natural institution into a simple private contract with freedom of entrance, exercise, and exit for husband and wife alike. This second edition updates and expands each chapter and the bibliography. It also includes three new chapters on classical, biblical, and patristic sources.Binding Type: PaperbackAuthor: John Witte Jr.Publisher: Westminster John Knox PressPublished: 01/17/2012ISBN: 9780664234324Pages: 410Weight: 1.32lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.91d

This newly revised and enlarged edition of John Witte's authoritative historical study explores the interplay of law, theology, and marriage in the Western tradition. Witte uncovers the core beliefs that formed the theological genetic code of Western marriage and family law. He explores the systematic models of marriage developed by Catholics, Lutherans, Calvinists, Anglicans, and Enlightenment thinkers, and the transformative influence of each model on Western marriage law. In addition, he traces the millennium-long reduction of marriage from a complex spiritual, social, contractual, and natural institution into a simple private contract with freedom of entrance, exercise, and exit for husband and wife alike.

This second edition updates and expands each chapter and the bibliography. It also includes three new chapters on classical, biblical, and patristic sources.



Binding Type: Paperback
Author: John Witte Jr.
Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
Published: 01/17/2012
ISBN: 9780664234324
Pages: 410
Weight: 1.32lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.91d

This newly revised and enlarged edition of John Witte's authoritative historical study explores the interplay of law, theology, and marriage in the Western tradition. Witte uncovers the core beliefs that formed the theological genetic code of Western marriage and family law. He explores the systematic models of marriage developed by Catholics, Lutherans, Calvinists, Anglicans, and Enlightenment thinkers, and the transformative influence of each model on Western marriage law. In addition, he traces the millennium-long reduction of marriage from a complex spiritual, social, contractual, and natural institution into a simple private contract with freedom of entrance, exercise, and exit for husband and wife alike.

This second edition updates and expands each chapter and the bibliography. It also includes three new chapters on classical, biblical, and patristic sources.



Binding Type: Paperback
Author: John Witte Jr.
Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
Published: 01/17/2012
ISBN: 9780664234324
Pages: 410
Weight: 1.32lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.91d