Perspectives on Marriage: A Reader

Perspectives on Marriage: A Reader by Scott, Kieran. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780195313468.

Thoroughly revised and updated in this third edition, Perspectives on Marriage is a comprehensive and multidisciplinary anthology ideal for courses in the theology and spirituality of marriage. Incorporating the best of contemporary perspectives on marriage and sexuality, it represents a wide range of approaches, from the historical and canonical to the sociological, psychological, and ministerial. Featuring thirteen new articles, the third edition includes a new section on issues that affect marriage--such as the commercialization of marriage and the financial stresses accompanying marriage--as well as new selections on such topics as same-sex marriage, cohabitation, the theology of dating, and counseling.