This book considers how homes, households, and domestic life are
related to the Church. Early theologies glorified the monastic
lifestyle as a way to transcend earthly attachments in favor of
supernatural goods. Later thinkers have seen that functioning
marriages and families themselves can lead us toward a more
righteous society. Issues of gender quickly come into play. Are
households the "woman's sphere"? Does this bar women from full
participation in the Church? And what of the many people today who
are neither married nor consecrated in a holy life? How do we think
about the Christian "households" of such singles? Jana Bennett
addresses these questions. She insists that both marriage and
singleness must be placed in the context of the Christian story of
redemption if the questions and problems at stake are to be fully
understood. Surprisingly, she finds that Augustine of Hippo, much
maligned by modern theologians, is the source of very fruitful
reflection on these topics, showing us that both marriage and
singleness are most properly set in the context of the salvation
story. Most scholars today would agree that Augustine's works have
exerted great influence on Western views of marriage, family, and
sex. But they would also argue that this influence has been
detrimental to a healthy understanding of these topics. However,
through the lens of Augustine's work, Bennett shows that marriage
and singleness cannot be considered separately, that gender issues
are important to considering these states correctly and, most
important, that the marriage between Christ and the Church is the
first mediator in these states of life.
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