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9780847682317

Promises to Keep Decline and Renewal of Marriage in America

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  • ISBN13:

    9780847682317

  • ISBN10:

    0847682315

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 1996-05-07
  • Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
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Summary

This collection of essays by prominent lawyers, theologians, social scientists, policy makers, and activists examines the reasons why the once treasured institution of marriage has been steadily displaced by a culture of divorce and unwed parenthood. Promises to Keep presents the full text of The Council on Families in America's 1995 investigation, Marriage in America: A Report to the Nation, and the contributors provide suggestions for marital resurrection to counteract trends that have created tragic hardships for children, generated poverty within families, and burdened us with insupportable social costs. Sponsored by The Institute for American Values.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction
The Decline of Marriage as the Social Basis of Childrearingp. 3
Values, Attitudes, and the State of American Marriagep. 15
Myths of Marriage and Familyp. 35
Comparative and Historical Perspectives on Marriage, Divorce, and Family Lifep. 69
Decline of the Family: Conservative, Liberal, and Feminist Viewsp. 89
Biology, Ethics, and Narrative in Christian Family Theoryp. 119
Postmodern Family Law: Toward a New Model of Statusp. 157
The Law and the Stability of Marriage: The Family as a Social Institutionp. 187
Parenting from Separate Householdsp. 215
Re-creating Marriagep. 233
Modern Marriage: Revising the Cultural Scriptp. 247
The Reinstitutionalization of Marriage: Political Theory and Public Policyp. 271
Marriage in America: A Report to the Nationp. 293
Indexp. 319
About the Contributorsp. 335
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