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Zusatztext Singleness and the Church will be a valuable resource for pastoral ministry training. It will provoke ministers to notice occasions when they perpetuate unhelpful assumptions about single people or ignore their needs, untapped insights, and heroes. Informationen zum Autor Jana Marguerite Bennett is Associate Professor of Theological Ethics at the University of Dayton. She is also the author of Water is Thicker than Blood: An Augustinian Theology of Marriage and Singleness and blogs at catholicmoraltheology.com. Klappentext Singleness is a much overlooked treasure in Christian tradition. In these pages, Christians (single and married alike) can rediscover the richness of singleness in its great variety. This book offers thought-provoking cultural and theological analysis, along with voices of single Christian people down through the centuries. Zusammenfassung Singleness is a much overlooked treasure in Christian tradition. In these pages, Christians (single and married alike) can rediscover the richness of singleness in its great variety. This book offers thought-provoking cultural and theological analysis, along with voices of single Christian people down through the centuries. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1 - Loneliness: The Character of a Single Life? Chapter 2 - Choice: Never Married and Paul Chapter 3 - Desire: Uncommitted Relationships and Augustine Chapter 4 - Perfection: Committed Relationships and John Wesley Chapter 5 - Friendship: Same-Sex Attracted, Single, and Aelred of Rievaulx Chapter 6 - Proclamation: Widowhood and Elizabeth Ann Seton Chapter 7 - Grace: Divorce and Stanley Hauerwas Chapter 8 - Sufficiency: Single Parenting and Dorothy Day Conclusions
