| Marriage and Modernization: How Globalization Threatens Marriage Contributor(s): Browning, Don S. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0802811124 ISBN-13: 9780802811127 Publisher: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company OUR PRICE: $29.25 Product Type: Hardcover Published: March 2003 Annotation: The processes of modernization and globalization promise more wealth and health for many people. But they are also a threat to the stability and quality of marriage and family life. This new book -- at once sobering and constructive -- looks at the impact of these processes on marriage and asks what Christianity, in cooperation with other religions, can do to strengthen married life today. Among the deleterious effects of modernization and globalization on marriage are a worldwide drift of men away from the responsibility of parenthood and the tendency of mothers too readily to take on the task of childrearing alone. After looking at recent research on these and other problems, Don Browning suggests that the cure for modern marital disruption entails reforming and reconstructing the institution of marriage while also nurturing relevant forms of social support. Yet the effort to initiate a "world marriage revival" requires a complex cultural work, and Browning explores the key contributions that the religions of the world must make for such an effort to be successful. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Christian Living - Love & Marriage - Family & Relationships | Marriage & Long Term Relationships - Social Science | Sociology - Marriage & Family |
| Dewey: 306.81 |
| LCCN: 2003044356 |
| Series: Religion, Marriage, and Family (Rmf) |
| Physical Information: 0.75" H x 6.29" W x 9.26" (0.87 lbs) 272 pages |
| Themes: - Theometrics - Academic - Religious Orientation - Christian - Topical - Family |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |
Contributor Bio(s): Browning, Don S.: - 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 |