* New to this edition
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part One: Marriage in Historical Perspective
1.
Marriage in the Bible
,
Michael G. Lawler
2.
The Primitive Christian Understanding of Marriage
,
Theodore Mackin, S.J.
3.
Marriage: A Historical Survey
,
Joseph Martos
Part Two: Contemporary Perspectives on the Theology of Marriage
4.
Christian Marriage: Basic Sacrament
,
Bernard Cooke
* 5.
"Nuptial Pentecost": Theological Reflections on the Presence and Action of the Holy Spirit in Christian Marriage
,
Julie McCarty
Part Three: Marriage: Meanings and Transitions
6.
Marriage versus Living Together
,
Jo McGowan
7.
Marriage Preparation and Cohabiting Couples: Information Report
,
NCCB Marriage and Family Committee
* 8.
Cohabitation and Marriage as a Life-Process
,
Kieran Scott
9.
The Meaning of Marriage
,
Evelyn Eaton Whitehead and James D. Whitehead
* 10.
The Meaning of Marriage: Of Two Minds
,
Edward C. Vacek
* 11.
Same-Sex Marriage: Threat or Aspiration?
,
Stephen J. Pope
* 12.
Marriage Becomes a Journey
,
Evelyn Eaton Whitehead and James D. Whitehead
Part Four: Attitudes toward Sexuality
* 13.
Sex Matters: The Riches of the Catholic Sexual Tradition
,
Sidney Callahan
14.
A Revolution's Broken Promises
,
Peter Marin
15.
Passionate Attachments in the West in Historical Perspective
,
Lawrence Stone
16.
Four Mischievous Theories of Sex: Demonic, Divine, Casual, and Nuisance
,
William F. May
17.
The Neglected Heart: The Emotional Dangers of Premature Sexual Involvement
,
Thomas Lickona
* 18.
Sex, Time, and Meaning: A Theology of Dating
,
Jason King and Donna Freitas
19.
Beyond Romance to Human Love
,
Robert A. Johnson
20.
The Transmission of Life
,
Pope John Paul II
Part Five: Communication, Conflict, and Change
* 21.
How People Change
,
Allen Wheelis
22.
"Put Down That Paper and Talk to Me!": Rapport-Talk and Report-Talk
,
Deborah Tannen
23.
Communication and Conflict
,
Evelyn Eaton Whitehead and James D. Whitehead
24.
Communication
,
Thomas N. Hart and Kathleen Fischer Hart
25.
The Battered Woman: Myths and Reality
,
Lenore E. Walker
26.
Men Who Make Women Want to Scream
,
Connell Cowan and Melvin Kinder
* 27.
Going to the Therapist En Route to the Altar
,
Zoë Wolff
* Part Six: Issues Impacting Marriage
* 28.
Watching New Love as it Sears the Brain
,
Benedict Carey
* 29.
You're Getting Married: The Wal-Martization of the Bridal Business
,
Rebecca Mead
* 30.
Money, Marriage, and Making a Future: The Letter to Emily
,
Michael Warren
Part Seven: Commitment, Divorce, and Annulment
31.
What God Has Joined Together. . .
,
Bernard Cooke
32.
The Meaning of Commitment
,
Margaret Farley
33.
Annulment: The Process and Its Meaning
,
Patrick R. Lagges
34.
Remarried Catholics: Searching for Church Belonging
,
James J. Young
* 35.
Divorce and Remarriage in the Catholic Church: Ten Theses
,
Michael G. Lawler
36.
Children after Divorce: Wounds That Don't Heal
,
Judith S. Wallerstein
Part Eight: Spirituality of Marriage
37.
Spirituality and Lifestyle
,
Evelyn Eaton Whitehead and James D. Whitehead
* 38.
Faithful Becoming: Forming Families in the Art of Paradoxical Living in a Fragmented and Pluralistic World
,
Herbert Anderson
Part Nine: Religious Traditions: Perspectives on Marriage
39.
Marriage in the Jewish Tradition
,
Blu Greenberg
40.
The Protestant View of Marriage
,
Wilson Yates
41.
Marriage in Islam
,
Lois Lamya Ibsen al Faruqi
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