From Sacrament to Contract: Marriage, Religion, and Law in the Western Tradition
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Edition: 2nd
Published: 01/01/2012
Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
Format: Paperback
Pages: 393
ISBN 13: 9780664234324
ISBN 10: 0664234321
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"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.