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In Defense of the Marital Family

In Defense of the Marital Family

Name: In Defense of the Marital Family
Brand: Brill Nijhoff
SKU: 9789004528611
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Author: John Witte Jr.
ISBN: 9789004528611

By John Witte Jr.

Brill Nijhoff March 2023

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ISBN-13: 9789004528611
Publisher: Brill Nijhoff
Publication: March 2023
Format: Paperback
Jurisdiction: Netherlands ? Countri(es) for reference only

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This book combines Christian theology, Enlightenment liberalism, and modern social science to defend the marital family as an essential institution for adults and children, regardless of sexual orientation. John Witte presents the marital family as an integrated sphere with natural, social, economic, communicative, contractual, and spiritual dimensions. He rejects modern efforts to abolish the legal category of marriage or to reduce it to a transient and malleable sexual contract.

While celebrating the sexual liberty of consensual adults, Witte calls for stable marital families and responsible sex and parentage as the surest and safest path to private flourishing and social stability for all.

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Introduction

1. The Marital Sphere

2. The Nature of the Marital Family

3. It Takes a Society to Raise a Family

4. The Economics of the Family

5. The Communicative Dimension of the Family

6. The Contractual Dimensions of the Marital Family

7. The Marital Family as a Spiritual Institution

Concluding Reflections: The Modern Marital Family in Traditional Christian and Modern Liberal Perspectives

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