Table of Contents
* New to this editionAcknowledgmentsIntroductionPart One: Marriage in Historical Perspective1. Marriage in the Bible, Michael G. Lawler2 The Primitive Christian Understanding of Marriage, Theodore Mackin, S.J.3. Marriage: A Historical Survey, Joseph MartosPart Two: Contemporary Perspectives on the Theology of Marriage4. Christian Marriage: Basic Sacrament, Bernard Cooke* 5. "Nuptial Pentecost": Theological Reflections on the Presence and Action of the Holy Spirit in Christian Marriage, Julie McCartyPart Three: Marriage: Meanings and Transitions6. Marriage versus Living Together, Jo McGowan7. Marriage Preparation and Cohabiting Couples: Information Report, NCCB Marriage and Family Committee* 8. Cohabitation and Marriage as a Life-Process, Kieran Scott9. The Meaning of Marriage, Evelyn Eaton Whitehead and James D. Whitehead* 10. The Meaning of Marriage: Of Two Minds, Edward C. Vacek* 11. Same-Sex Marriage: Threat or Aspiration?, Stephen J. Pope* 12. Marriage Becomes a Journey, Evelyn Eaton Whitehead and James D. WhiteheadPart Four: Attitudes toward Sexuality* 13. Sex Matters: The Riches of the Catholic Sexual Tradition, Sidney Callahan14. A Revolution's Broken Promises, Peter Marin15. Passionate Attachments in the West in Historical Perspective, Lawrence Stone16. Four Mischievous Theories of Sex: Demonic, Divine, Casual, and Nuisance, William F. May17. The Neglected Heart: The Emotional Dangers of Premature Sexual Involvement, Thomas Lickona* 18. Sex, Time, and Meaning: A Theology of Dating, Jason King and Donna Freitas19. Beyond Romance to Human Love, Robert A. Johnson20. The Transmission of Life, Pope John Paul IIPart Five: Communication, Conflict, and Change* 21. How People Change, Allen Wheelis22. "Put Down That Paper and Talk to Me!": Rapport-Talk and Report-Talk, Deborah Tannen23. Communication and Conflict, Evelyn Eaton Whitehead and James D. Whitehead24. Communication, Thomas N. Hart and Kathleen Fischer Hart25. The Battered Woman: Myths and Reality, Lenore E. Walker26. Men Who Make Women Want to Scream, Connell Cowan and Melvin Kinder* 27. Going to the Therapist En Route to the Altar, Zoë Wolff* Part Six: Issues Impacting Marriage* 28. Watching New Love as it Sears the Brain, Benedict Carey* 29. You're Getting Married: The Wal-Martization of the Bridal Business, Rebecca Mead* 30. Money, Marriage, and Making a Future: The Letter to Emily, Michael WarrenPart Seven: Commitment, Divorce, and Annulment31. What God Has Joined Together. . ., Bernard Cooke32. The Meaning of Commitment, Margaret Farley33. Annulment: The Process and Its Meaning, Patrick R. Lagges34. Remarried Catholics: Searching for Church Belonging, James J. Young* 35. Divorce and Remarriage in the Catholic Church: Ten Theses, Michael G. Lawler36. Children after Divorce: Wounds That Don't Heal, Judith S. WallersteinPart Eight: Spirituality of Marriage37. Spirituality and Lifestyle, Evelyn Eaton Whitehead and James D. Whitehead* 38. Faithful Becoming: Forming Families in the Art of Paradoxical Living in a Fragmented and Pluralistic World, Herbert AndersonPart Nine: Religious Traditions: Perspectives on Marriage39. Marriage in the Jewish Tradition, Blu Greenberg40. The Protestant View of Marriage, Wilson Yates41. Marriage in Islam, Lois Lamya Ibsen al Faruqi