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The Future of Christian Marriage (Hardcover)
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The Future of Christian Marriage (Hardcover)
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Marriage has come a long way since biblical times. Women are no
longer property, and practices like polygamy have long been
rejected. The world is wealthier, healthier, and more able to find
and form relationships than ever. So why are Christian
congregations doing more burying than marrying today? Explanations
for the recession in marriage range from the mathematical-more
women in church than men-to the economic, and from the availability
of sex to progressive politics. But perhaps marriage hasn't really
changed at all. Instead, there is simply less interest in marriage
in an era marked by technology, gender equality, and
secularization. Mark Regnerus explores how today's Christians find
a mate within a faith that esteems marriage but in a world that
increasingly yawns at it. This book draws on in-depth interviews
with nearly two hundred young-adult Christians from the United
States, Mexico, Spain, Poland, Russia, Lebanon, and Nigeria, in
order to understand the state of matrimony in global Christian
circles today. Regnerus finds that marriage has become less of a
foundation for a couple to build upon and more of a capstone.
Meeting increasingly high expectations of marriage is difficult,
though, in a free market whose logic reaches deep into the home
today. The result is endemic uncertainty, slowing relationship
maturation, and stalling marriage. But plenty of Christians
innovate, resist, and wed, and this book argues that the future of
marriage will be a religious one.
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