From Sacrament to Contract

In From Sacrament to Contract, John Witte Jr. offers a study of five conflicting models of marriage--Catholic, Lutheran, Calvinist, Anglican, and Enlightenment--and their social and political impact over the last thousand years. In so doing, Witte shows how we arrived at the notion of marriage as contract.The Family, Culture, and Religion...

About the author

John Witte Jr. is Jonas Robitscher Professor of Law, Alonzo L. McDonald Distinguished Professor, and Director of the Center for the Study of Law and Religion at Emory University. A world-renowned expert on church and state, he is the author or editor of numerous books and articles on the subject.

Product details

• Authors: John Witte Jr
• Publisher: Presbyterian Publishing Corporation
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.12.1997
• EAN: 9780664255435
• ISBN: 978-0-664-25543-5
• No. of pages: 328
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 231 mm x 21 mm
• Weight: 503 g
• Series: Family, Religion, and Culture
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works