A Christian Theology of Marriage and Family,9780809141180

A Christian Theology of Marriage and Family

by Rubio, Julie Hanlon
ISBN13: 9780809141180
ISBN10: 0809141183
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2003-03-01
Publisher(s): Paulist Pr
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Summary

What are Christian families called to be and do in contemporary society? Weaving together theology, social science, and her experience as a wife and mother, Julie Hanlon Rubio answers this provocative and timely question. She explores the marriage liturgy, the New Testament and Christian tradition and then reflects on the the ways Christian husbands and wives, fathers and mothers, and children can live out their vocations in changing times. She concludes with chapters on divorce and the mission of the family.

Relevant, academically oriented yet popularly written, and filling a need by its attention to family issues, this book will make an ideal text for courses in:

-- marriage.

-- family ethics.

-- social justice.

-- Christian ethics.

Author Biography

Julie Hanlon Rubio is assistant professor of moral theology at Saint Louis University.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments xi
PART ONE FOUNDATIONS
Family or Families? The Problems of Parenting in a Postmodern Age
3(22)
What Is a Family?
3(7)
Feminist Questioning of the Family
10(3)
Christian Theology: Family or Families?
13(10)
Listening to Families; Talking about ``the Family''
23(1)
Discussion Questions
24(1)
The Catholic Marriage Liturgy: A Different Vision of Marriage
25(20)
Reading the Popular Wedding
26(3)
Limitations of the Popular Wedding
29(2)
A Brief History of the Christian Wedding
31(2)
Reading the New Catholic Guidelines for Weddings
33(4)
Theology behind the New Marriage Liturgy
37(6)
Discussion Questions
43(2)
New Testament Vision
45(20)
What Will We Read?
45(1)
Reading the New Testament
46(2)
Jesus as Model: Leaving Family Behind
48(1)
Jesus' Message: Questioning the Primacy of Family Ties
49(5)
Early Christian Practice: A New Kind of Family
54(6)
Why Celibacy?
60(2)
Return to Family?
62(2)
Discussion Questions
64(1)
Traditional Ways of Speaking about Marriage
65(24)
Domus
65(1)
The Legacy of the First Christians
66(7)
From Contract to Sacrament
73(2)
Protestant Models: Social Estate and Covenant
75(3)
Marriage as Relationship
78(6)
Marriage as Communion
84(1)
Discussion Questions
85(4)
PART TWO APPLICATIONS
The Dual Vocation of Christian Parents
89(22)
Lame Parents
89(3)
Sacrificing for Children
92(4)
Sacrificing for the World
96(2)
Dual Vocation
98(1)
Work
99(6)
Family
105(3)
Dual Vocation with Caution
108(2)
Discussion Questions
110(1)
Mothering in Christian Families
111(18)
Waiting in the Park
111(1)
Mothering in the Thought of John Paul II
112(5)
Theologians and Motherhood
117(6)
Reading the Pope into Dialogue with Theologians
123(1)
The Search for a Mother-God
124(3)
Can a Mother Have a Self?
127(1)
Discussion Questions
128(1)
Fathering in Christian Families
129(17)
Dominic's Doll
129(1)
A Brief History of Fatherhood
130(2)
What Modern Fathers Do
132(2)
What Can Fathers Do?
134(2)
Effects of Fathers' Involvement on Children
136(2)
God the Father Reconsidered
138(5)
Bringing God the Father Home
143(2)
Discussion Questions
145(1)
Welcoming the Children
146(19)
Stephen's Theological Dilemmas
146(1)
What Do Children Need?
147(4)
The Child as Model of Discipleship
151(3)
Caring for Children: Godparents and Other-Mothers
154(3)
Children as Disciples
157(6)
Discussion Questions
163(2)
Divorce and Remarriage in Christian Families
165(18)
Tensions in an Age of Divorce
165(1)
What Did Jesus Say and How Much Does It Matter?
166(4)
Catholic Teaching on Divorce and Its Critics
170(2)
Effects of Divorce on Children
172(5)
Pastoral Issues: Remarriage and Communion
177(1)
Obligations during and after Divorce
178(2)
Domestic Church Reconsidered
180(2)
Discussion Questions
182(1)
What Is Family For?
183(18)
Justice and Passion
183(3)
Catholic Social Teaching and the Family
186(2)
Work
188(3)
Time
191(2)
Money
193(3)
The Family Meal
196(3)
Discussion Questions
199(2)
Notes 201(24)
Bibliography 225(12)
Index 237

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