• Family ethics : practices for Christians
  • [NT 42944] Record Type: [NT 8598] Electronic resources : [NT 40817] monographic
    [NT 47348] Title Information: practices for Christians
    [NT 47261] Author: RubioJulie Hanlon,
    [NT 47356] Secondary Intellectual Responsibility: Project Muse
    [NT 47351] Place of Publication: Washington, D.C.
    [NT 47263] Published: Georgetown University Press;
    [NT 47352] Year of Publication: c2010
    [NT 47264] Description: 1 online resource (xii, 260 p.).
    [NT 47298] Series: Moral traditions series
    [NT 47266] Subject: Christian ethics - Catholic authors -
    [NT 47266] Subject: Families - Religious aspects -
    [NT 47266] Subject: Families - Religious life -
    [NT 51458] Online resource: http://muse.jhu.edu/books/9781589016675/
    [NT 47265] Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index
    [NT 50961] ISBN: 9781589016675electronic bk.
    [NT 50961] ISBN: 158901667Xelectronic bk.
    [NT 50961] ISBN: 9781589016392pbk.
    [NT 50961] ISBN: 1589016394pbk.
    [NT 60779] 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
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