RT Book
T1 For better, for worse: the ethics of divorce after marriage equality
A1 Williams, Natalie E.
LA English
PP Lanham, Maryland
PB Lexington Books/Fortress Academic
YR 2020
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/175753511X
AB Introduction: Why divorce matters now: origins of the U.S. "divorce crisis" -- The theo-ethical history of marriage and the U.S. divorce landscape -- Shame in the moral frameworks of marriage regulation -- Fetishizing the family: shame in Christian divorce doctrines -- U.S. divorce policies and "family values" rhetoric -- Queer resistance and gay assimiliation: marriage (and divorce) equality -- Resisting shame and reimagining family success.
AB For Better, For Worse discusses the shame narratives tied to divorce, rooted in Christian theologies of marriage and U.S. political landscapes of marriage rights and regulation. Using interdisciplinary methods, Natalie E. Williams investigates the current conflict between social practices that normalize divorce and religious and political rhetorical narratives that continue to shame those who divorce. Williams's work seeks to understand current attitudes and policies related to divorce and to shape Christian ethical responses that resist the use of shame, relying instead on commitments to truth-telling and a cultivation of "shamelessness" to support flourishing across a spectrum of family forms.--
NO Revision of author's thesis (Ph. D.)--Drew University, 2015 under title: Christian ethics of divorce : shame, resistance, and moral obligations to the self
NO Includes bibliographical references (pages 115-124) and index
CN BV835
SN 9781978701861
SN 1978701861
K1 Divorce : Religious aspects : Christianity
K1 Divorce : United States
K1 Divorce
K1 Divorce ; Religious aspects ; Christianity
K1 United States