| Record Type: |
Electronic resources
: monographic
|
| Title Information: |
practices for Christians |
| Author: |
RubioJulie Hanlon, |
| Secondary Intellectual Responsibility: |
Project Muse |
| Place of Publication: |
Washington, D.C. |
| Published: |
Georgetown University Press; |
| Year of Publication: |
c2010 |
| Description: |
1 online resource (xii, 260 p.). |
| Series: |
Moral traditions series |
| Subject: |
Christian ethics - Catholic authors - |
| Subject: |
Families - Religious aspects - |
| Subject: |
Families - Religious life - |
| Online resource: |
http://muse.jhu.edu/books/9781589016675/ |
| Notes: |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: |
9781589016675electronic bk. |
| ISBN: |
158901667Xelectronic bk. |
| ISBN: |
9781589016392pbk. |
| ISBN: |
1589016394pbk. |
| Content Note: |
Introduction: Why be concerned with the ordinary? -- Resources from the Catholic tradition. ACatholic theological understanding of marriage. Cultural understandings of marriage ; Liturgy : thepersonal and social dimensions of Christian marriage ; Scripture and the social import of family life ; Marriage as sacrament : beyond relationship to communion ; Conclusion : Family as primary Christian community -- Between the personal and the political : families as agents of social change. Earlydocuments and movements : 1891-1931 ; Early American Episcopal documents and Catholic Action Groups: 1919-1965 ; Contemporary reflections : changing hearts and structures ; Conclusion : Families andsocial change -- Grace, sin, and holy families. The limits of a theology of ideals ; O'Connor's gift to theology ; Seeing : acknowledging the importance and difficulty of faith ; Sin and finitude ; Grace, sin, and finitude inChristian marriage ; Sin, grace, and solidarity ; Conclusion : Beginning with imperfection, moving toward solidarity -- Practices. Practicingsexual fidelity. Why practices? ;Sexual ethics : moving beyond controversy ; Sex, fidelity, and infidelity : the situation ; Sex as practice: seeking the good ; Conclusion : From intimacy to community -- The practice of eating : love, justice, and eating. Family meals in the twenty-first century ; Eucharist : communion and calling; Eating with/as sinners : practicing mercy at the table ; Love and justice at the table :practiceswithin a practice ; Conclusion : The priority of mercy -- How much is enough? The practice of tithing. Are we rich yet? ; Foundations : Hebrew and Christian Scriptures ; Christian tradition on wealthand charity ; Application : tithing in a contemporary Christian context ;Conclusion : Why tithing matters -- Serving : re-imagining a central practice of middle-class family life. Contemporary Catholic family life : a rough sketch ; Pre-Vatican II American parishes ; The changing shape of parish life ; Reshaping parish life to support Christian families ; Service as family practice ; Conclusion :Community, practice, and service -- Family prayer as practice of resistance. Prayer : beyond platitudes ; A brief history of Christian thought on parental religious duties ; Interfaith families as models ; Praying as church in contemporary families ; Conclusion : Practices of resistance as ordinarymorality |