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| Material Type: | Internet resource |
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| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Herbert Anderson |
| ISBN: | 0742531546 9780742531543 0742531554 9780742531550 0745951384 9780745951386 |
| OCLC Number: | 52520303 |
| Notes: | "A Sheed & Ward book." |
| Description: | vi, 261 pages ; 24 cm |
| Contents: | The family as a crucible of grace : finding God in the mutuality of love / Paul J. Wadell -- Just love? : marriage and the question of justice / Pauline Kleingeld -- Mutuality, reason, and family policy / Don Browning -- Who submits to whom? submission and mutuality in the family / Carolyn Osiek -- Between rhetoric and reality : women and men as equal partners in home, church, and the marketplace / Herbert Anderson -- Gender narratives and the epidemic of violence in contemporary families / Christie Neuger -- Is equality tearing families apart? / Joel Anderson -- Navigating between cultures : the bicultural family's lived realities / K. Samuel Lee -- Sloppy mutuality : just love for children and adults / Bonnie Miller-McLemore -- Over the river and through the woods : maintaining emotional presence across geographical distance / Pamela D. Couture -- Honor your father and your mother : a new look at "family values" / Dianne Bergant -- In search of Goodenough families : cultural and religious perspectives / Anthony J. Gittins -- The Black churches' response to father absence in the African American family / Homer U. Ashby, Jr. -- More than a family affair : reflections on baptizing children and mutuality / Gilbert Ostdiek -- Conversion or nurture : when we thought the debate was over / Thomas Groome -- The congregation as a healing community / James N. Poling. |
| Responsibility: | edited by Herbert Anderson [and others]. |
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Publisher Synopsis
An important collection of essays focused on the challenge facing Christians of the 21st century: re-conceiving Christian love, particularly within families and between intimates, as radically egalitarian. From philosophical and theological defenses of the place of equality in the practice of love to descriptions of concrete practices within families and congregations, these essays are a thoughtful contribution on the side of gender justice to the on-going family values debate. -- Gloria H. Albrecht, University of Detroit Mercy Like good wine and cheese, Herbert Anderson and his colleagues seem to get better with age. Sitting down to this feast of ideas, especially the appetizing concept of mutuality within marriage and family, allows the reader to nibble and sip with curiosity and delight. At the heart of this intellectual menu can be found Anderson's rich imagination, clinical experience and refreshing honesty. The critical ingredients of love, justice, forgiveness, respect, spirituality, and mutuality explored by contributing authors provide the recipe for a text that is not only mutually satisfying, but also one worth preserving. -- Joseph Gillespie, O.P., Parochial Vicar at the Basilica of St. Mary in Minneapolis, and supervisor in the American Association of Marriage and Family Th Finally a book dealing with a major revolution in our country and the world! Old concepts of marriage have given way to more fluid bonds of equality, communication and trust. This book explores issues of the mutuality of love, justice and gender relations in the context of marriage, pastoral ministry and congregational life. Both clergy and family therapists will find this book's wide range of perspectives and timely exploration of infrequently discussed topics helpful in the ongoing dialogue about the changing shape of marriage and family in the 21st century. -- William Hiebert, STM, executive director of Marriage and Family Counseling Service, Rock Island, IL and co-author of Pre- and Re-marital Counseling This collection of essays is noteworthy for both this interdisciplinary scope and its richly ecumenical representation. * Family Therapy, Vol. 34, No. 3, 2007 * This excellent pastoral collection is a tremendous resource for rebutting conservative arguments and alarms that pervade the media, and for moving mutuality from an academic value into mainstream Christian concerns by examining the experience of real familes. -- Christine E. Gudorf, Florida International University Read more...
