Mutuality Matters: Family, Faith, and Just Love

by Anderson, Herbert; Foley, Edward; Miller-McLemore, Bonnie; Schreiter, Robert; Anderson, Joel; Ashby, Homer; Bergant, Dianne; Browning, Don; Couture, Pamela; Gittins, Anthony; Groome, Thomas; Kleingeld, Pauline; Lee, Kyungsig Samuel; Neuger, Christie Cozad

• ISBN13: 9780742531550
• ISBN10: 0742531554
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-11-11
• Publisher: Sheed & Ward

Summary

Previous principles of hierarchy, inequality, and duty that defined the relationships between husband, wife, and children have been challenged and often replaced by more fluid bonds of equality, intimacy, emotional self-disclosure, communication, and mutual trust. The key question that has emerged for our times, then, is how exactly do families sustain genuine mutuality, democracy, and strong relationships? Figuring out good answers to this question is the major theme of this book and the origin of the title Mutuality Matters.

Author Biography

Barbara E. Bowe, R.S.C.J., is currently professor of New Testament at the Catholic Theological Union in Chicago, where she teaches courses in biblical studies and early Christianity and is director of the Biblical Spirituality Program

Table of Contents

Introduction	1	(10)
Herbert Anderson
Edward Foley
Bonnie Miller-McLemore
Robert Schreiter
Section I: Perspectives on Love and Mutuality
The Family as a Crucible of Grace: FInding God in the Mutuality of Love	11	(12)
Paul J. Wadell
Just Love? Marriage and the Question of Justice	23	(20)
Pauline Kleingeld
Mutuality, Reason, and Family Policy	43	(14)
Don Browning
Who Submits to Whom? Submission and Mutuality in the Family	57	(10)
Carolyn Osiek
Section II: Mutuality Matters in Marriage
Between Rhetoric and Reality: Women and Men as Equal Partners in Home, Church, and the Marketplace	67	(16)
Herbert Anderson
Gender Narratives and the Epidemic of Violence in Contemporary Families	83	(10)
Christie Neuger
Is Equality Tearing Families Apart?	93	(14)
Joel Anderson
Navigating between Cultures: The Bicultural Family's Lived Realities	107	(14)
K. Samuel Lee
Section III: Mutuality Matters in the Family
Sloppy Mutuality: Just Love for Children and Adults	121	(16)
Bonnie Miller-McLemore
Over the River and through the Woods: Maintaining Emotional Presence across Geographical Distance	137	(16)
Pamela D. Couture
Honor Your Father and Your Mother: A New Look at ``Family Values''	153	(14)
Dianne Bergant
In Search of Goodenough Families: Cultural and Religious Perspectives	167	(16)
Anthony J. Gittins
Section IV: Fostering Mutuality through Ministry
The Black Churches' Response to Father Absence in the African American Family	183	(18)
Homer U. Ashby Jr.
More than a Family Affair: Reflections on Baptizing Children and Mutuality	201	(10)
Gilbert Ostdiek
Conversion or Nurture: When We Thought the Debate Was Over	211	(14)
Thomas Groome
The Congregation as a Healing Community	225	(16)
James N. Poling
Bibliography of Herbert Anderson	241	(6)
Index	247	(12)
About the Contributors	259