Polygamy Reconsidered
Author : Eugene Hillman
Publisher :
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 18,17 MB
Release : 1975
Category : Social Science
ISBN :
Author : Eugene Hillman
Publisher :
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 18,17 MB
Release : 1975
Category : Social Science
ISBN :
Author : Eugene Hillman
Publisher :
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 42,89 MB
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Category :
ISBN : 9780835789912
Author :
Publisher : Lantern Books
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 43,94 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Marriage
ISBN : 1411626249
Author : John Witte, Jr
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 551 pages
File Size : 46,94 MB
Release : 2015-04-30
Category : Law
ISBN : 1316300900
For more than 2,500 years, the Western tradition has embraced monogamous marriage as an essential institution for the flourishing of men and women, parents and children, society and the state. At the same time, polygamy has been considered a serious crime that harms wives and children, correlates with sundry other crimes and abuses, and threatens good citizenship and political stability. The West has thus long punished all manner of plural marriages and denounced the polygamous teachings of selected Jews, Muslims, Anabaptists, Mormons, and others. John Witte, Jr carefully documents the Western case for monogamy over polygamy from antiquity until today. He analyzes the historical claims that polygamy is biblical, natural, and useful alongside modern claims that anti-polygamy laws violate personal and religious freedom. While giving the pro and con arguments a full hearing, Witte concludes that the Western historical case against polygamy remains compelling and urges Western nations to hold the line on monogamy.
Author : Eugene Hillman (C.S.Sp.)
Publisher :
Page : 760 pages
File Size : 17,96 MB
Release : 1972
Category : Polygamy
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Author : Shawn B. Redford
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 18,60 MB
Release : 2012-10-18
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1630870382
How have those engaged in the mission of God been challenged to reinterpret Scripture through their experience? In what ways were the missionaries in the Bible challenged to reevaluate Scripture in their own time? Redford attempts to give shape to the nature of missional hermeneutics by examining Scripture, present-day cultural values, historical struggles, and the experience of those who are engaged in the mission of God. In order for missionaries to overcome the scientific polarization in Western hermeneutics, they must be able to perceive and learn from the overarching missional and spiritual hermeneutics found throughout Scripture so that they can balance missional, spiritual, historical-critical, and even unforeseen hermeneutical paths, providing increased confidence in biblical interpretation.
Author : Martha Bailey
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 26,85 MB
Release : 2010-05-20
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 031337953X
This fact-filled book on polygamy and plural unions around the world supports an in-depth consideration of policy options for Western countries. Polygamy and plural marriage have become front-and-center issues in Europe, Canada, and the United States, notably on two religious fronts: among some splinter groups of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints and in Islam. Polygamy in the Monogamous World: Multicultural Challenges for Western Law and Policy takes both groups into account as it provides a careful examination of legal polygamy in non-Western countries and plural unions in North America. Comparing these similar, but legally distinct forms of union, it offers a fresh perspective on how Western countries should respond to these relationships. Specifically, the book surveys non-Western countries where polygamy is legally practiced, then provides an overview of plural unions in North America. The problems of polygamy and plural unions are examined, including the potential for tne abuse of wives. The responses of Western governments to such relationships are reviewed, and the most effective solutions are identified to ascertain what policies should be adopted going forward.
Author : Eugene Hillman
Publisher :
Page : 760 pages
File Size : 18,47 MB
Release : 1972
Category : Polygamy
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Author : Norbert Okoledah
Publisher : LIT Verlag Münster
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 24,54 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9783825884901
Today, Christianity has become the most popular and fast-growing religion in Ghana. Paradoxically, the Christian Church, in whatever form it has taken, has, for a complexity of reasons, basically remained a weak church with a weak foundation. This book discusses, from a theologico-cultural anthropological perspective, some of the ecclesial and social processes and factors that, the author believes, are responsible for the creation of this paradox in the case of the Ghanaian Catholic Church and demonstrates how they influence the search for a Catholic spiritual tradition in it.
Author : İsmail Büyükçelebi
Publisher : Tughra Books
Page : 476 pages
File Size : 30,19 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781932099218
Seeks to present Islam's true face and make it known in a summarised form with most of its aspects: its essentials of faith, principles and ways of worshipping God, morality, and rules ordering human life and relations between people.