Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley door pickup 10am - 7pm 3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611

  • Open Daily: 10am - 10pm
    Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm

    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611
From Sacrament to Contract: Marriage, Religion, and Law in the Western Tradition

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

Witte Jr, John

Paperback

General ChristianityGeneral Law

Publisher Price: $50.00

ISBN10: 0664234321
ISBN13: 9780664234324
Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
Published: Jan 31 2012
Pages: 414
Weight: 1.32
Height: 0.91 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

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.

Also from

Witte Jr, John

View All

Also in

General Christianity

View All