Calvin and Covenant Marriage: A Critical Genealogy
Many Christians treat marriage as a covenant. An influential group of contemporary Christians argues that covenant marriage provides a response to what they regard as the social ills of high divorce rates and the ‘breakdown’ of the traditional family. These Christians often look to John Calvin'...
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| Language: | English |
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2023
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Studies in Christian ethics
Year: 2023, Volume: 36, Issue: 3, Pages: 475-496 |
| IxTheo Classification: | KAG Church history 1500-1648; Reformation; humanism; Renaissance KDD Protestant Church NBE Anthropology NCF Sexual ethics |
| Further subjects: | B
Patriarchy
B Feminism B Covenant B John Calvin B Domestic abuse B Gender B Marriage |
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