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The Western Case for Monogamy Over Polygamy
Author | : John Witte, Jr |
Publsiher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 551 |
Release | : 2015-05-05 |
Genre | : Law |
ISBN | : 9781107101593 |
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This volume documents the Western historical arguments for monogamy over polygamy, from antiquity to the present.
Faith in Law Law in Faith
Author | : Rafael Domingo,Gary S. Hauk,Timothy P. Jackson |
Publsiher | : BRILL |
Total Pages | : 743 |
Release | : 2024-04-04 |
Genre | : Law |
ISBN | : 9789004546189 |
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Across four decades, John Witte, Jr. has advanced the study of law and religion by retrieving religious sources of law, renewing timeless teachings of religion for today, and reengaging with the difficult issues confronting society. Interdisciplinary, international, and interfaith in scope, Witte’s work has generated an enormous body of scholarship. This collection of essays by leading scholars examines his impact and maps new directions for future exploration.
Polygamy
Author | : Sarah M. S. Pearsall |
Publsiher | : Yale University Press |
Total Pages | : 416 |
Release | : 2019-08-20 |
Genre | : Polygamy |
ISBN | : 9780300226843 |
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A groundbreaking examination of polygamy showing that monogamy was not the only form marriage took in early America Today we tend to think of polygamy as an unnatural marital arrangement characteristic of fringe sects or uncivilized peoples. Historian Sarah Pearsall shows us that polygamy's surprising history encompasses numerous colonies, indigenous communities, and segments of the American nation. Polygamy--as well as the fight against it--illuminates many touchstones of American history: the Pueblo Revolt and other uprisings against the Spanish; Catholic missions in New France; New England settlements and King Philip's War; the entrenchment of African slavery in the Chesapeake; the Atlantic Enlightenment; the American Revolution; missions and settlement in the West; and the rise of Mormonism. Pearsall expertly opens up broader questions about monogamy's emergence as the only marital option, tracing the impact of colonial events on property, theology, feminism, imperialism, and the regulation of sexuality. She shows that heterosexual monogamy was never the only model of marriage in North America.
Christianity and Family Law
Author | : John Witte, Jr,Gary S. Hauk |
Publsiher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 491 |
Release | : 2017-10-12 |
Genre | : Law |
ISBN | : 9781108415347 |
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A comprehensive analysis of Christian influences on Western family law from the first century to the present day.
Out of Eden
Author | : David P. Barash |
Publsiher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 241 |
Release | : 2016 |
Genre | : Psychology |
ISBN | : 9780190275501 |
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In this changing world of what is deemed socially and politically "correct," polygamy is perhaps the last great taboo. Over the course of the last thousand years, monogamy - at least in name - has been the default setting for coupledom and procreation. And yet, throughout history, there havebeen inklings that "one-man, one-woman" may not be the most natural state-of-being for humans. The recent Ashley Madison "cheaters website" hacking, coupled with the high divorce rate of the last half-century, provide more than enough evidence to convince even a hopeless romantic that monogamy, andthe institution of marriage which props it up, is doomed to be a bygone remnant of a more socially conservative past.Esteemed writer and evolutionary biologist David P. Barash tackles this uncomfortable finding: that humans are actually biologically and anthropologically more inclined toward polygamy. With years of research in the field to back up this argument, Barash presents hundreds of anecdotes from bothevolutionary biology and human history that guide the reader through the societal impacts of monogamy and polygamy - some expected (sexual behavior) and others unexpected (the most successful models of parenting). Despite this natural inclination of humanity, Barash is reassuring throughout thisfascinating read in his resolution that "biology is not destiny."
Polygamy s Rights and Wrongs
Author | : Lori Gail Beaman,Gillian Calder |
Publsiher | : UBC Press |
Total Pages | : 277 |
Release | : 2013-12-01 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9780774826174 |
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Assumptions about the harmful nature of polygamy have left little room for debate, with monogamy coming to represent a hallmark of advanced societies, and polygamy the immoral alternative. Yet in this volume, eleven scholars ask whether this condemnation is justified by examining, among other perspectives, the lived experiences of polygamous families. In essays that fearlessly face difficult questions of choice, dignity, and love, the authors seek to complicate a conversation that is more often simplified. Thoughtful and persuasive, Polygamy's Rights and Wrongs is both a close consideration of polygamy and a challenging reflection on the ways in which we value family and intimacy.
Just Married
Author | : Stephen Macedo |
Publsiher | : Princeton University Press |
Total Pages | : 315 |
Release | : 2017-05-09 |
Genre | : FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS |
ISBN | : 9780691176338 |
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The case for marriage equality and monogamy in a democratic society The institution of marriage stands at a critical juncture. As gay marriage equality gains acceptance in law and public opinion, questions abound regarding marriage's future. Will same-sex marriage lead to more radical marriage reform? Should it? Antonin Scalia and many others on the right warn of a slippery slope from same-sex marriage toward polygamy, adult incest, and the dissolution of marriage as we know it. Equally, many academics, activists, and intellectuals on the left contend that there is no place for monogamous marriage as a special status defined by law. Just Married demonstrates that both sides are wrong: the same principles of democratic justice that demand marriage equality for same-sex couples also lend support to monogamous marriage. Stephen Macedo displays the groundlessness of arguments against same-sex marriage and defends marriage as a public institution against those who would eliminate its special status or supplant it with private arrangements. Arguing that monogamy reflects and cultivates our most basic democratic values, Macedo opposes the legal recognition of polygamy, but agrees with progressives that public policies should do more to support nontraditional caring and caregiving relationships. Throughout, Macedo explores the meaning of contemporary marriage and the reasons for its fragility and its enduring significance. His defense of reformed marriage against slippery slope alarmists on the right, and radical critics of marriage on the left, vindicates the justice and common sense of the emerging consensus. Casting new light on today's debates over the future of marriage, Just Married lays the groundwork for a stronger institution.
Feminist and Queer Legal Theory
Author | : Martha Albertson Fineman,Jack E. Jackson,Adam P. Romero |
Publsiher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 504 |
Release | : 2016-04-15 |
Genre | : Law |
ISBN | : 9781317135739 |
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Feminist and Queer Legal Theory: Intimate Encounters, Uncomfortable Conversations is a groundbreaking collection that brings together leading scholars in contemporary legal theory. The volume explores, at times contentiously, convergences and departures among a variety of feminist and queer political projects. These explorations - foregrounded by legal issues such as marriage equality, sexual harassment, workers' rights, and privacy - re-draw and re-imagine the alliances and antagonisms constituting feminist and queer theory. The essays cross a spectrum of disciplinary matrixes, including jurisprudence, political philosophy, literary theory, critical race theory, women's studies, and gay and lesbian studies. The authors occupy a variety of political positions vis-à-vis questions of identity, rights, the state, cultural normalization, and economic liberalism. The richness and vitality of feminist and queer theory, as well as their relevance to matters central to the law and politics of our time, are on full display in this volume.