Marriage and Modernization

As the title implies, this book is about the effects of modernization on marriage and about "the complex cultural work" necessary to reconstruct and restore marriage in the new global context. While conferring general benefits for many, modernization has profoundly disrupted family patterns in all parts of the world, alienating men from the children they have fathered and from the women who have given birth to their offspring. Calling for a practical theology based on the "hermeneutical realism" of Hans-Georg Gadamer and Paul Ricoeur (with a dash of Jamesian pragmatism), author Don Browning insists on the need for genuine dialogue about marriage, not just between the religious and public sectors, but among the world religions themselves.

About the author

Don S. Browning (1934-2010) was Alexander Campbell Professor Emeritus of Religious Ethics and the Social Sciences at the University of Chicago Divinity School and director of the Lilly Project on Religion, Culture, and the Family. He coauthored From C

Product details

• Authors: Don S. Browning
• Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 20.03.2003
• EAN: 9780802811127
• ISBN: 978-0-8028-1112-7
• No. of pages: 274
• Dimensions: 157 mm x 235 mm x 21 mm
• Weight: 600 g
• Series: Religion, Marriage, and Family; Religion, Marriage, and Family
• Subjects: Guides > Self-help, everyday life > Partnership, sexuality; Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Practical theology; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology