Natalie E. Williams

For Better, For Worse

The Ethics of Divorce after Marriage Equality

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

For Better, for Worse: The Ethics of Divorce after Marriage Equality examines the persistent notion that heterosexual marriage is in crisis in the United States. Natalie E. Williams proposes an ethical response that challenges the political and religious rhetoric of shame around divorce.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Fortress Academic
• Seitenzahl: 140
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Dezember 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 364g
• ISBN-13: 9781978701861
• ISBN-10: 1978701861
• Artikelnr.: 57578395

Autorenporträt

Natalie E. Williams teaches religion at Saint Peter's Preparatory School.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Why Divorce Matters Now: Origins of the U.S. "Divorce Crisis"
1. The Theo-ethical History of Marriage and the U.S. Divorce Landscape
2. Shame in the Moral Frameworks of Marriage Regulation
3. Fetishizing the Family: Shame in Christian Divorce Doctrines
4. U.S. Divorce Policies and "Family Values" Rhetoric
5. Queer Resistance and Gay Assimilation: Marriage (and Divorce) Equality
6. Resisting Shame and Reimagining Family Success