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Sacred Divorce : Religion, Therapeutic Culture, and Ending Life Partnerships /

Even in our world of redefined life partnerships and living arrangements, most marriages begin through sacred ritual connected to a religious tradition. But if marriage rituals affirm deeply held religious and secular values in the presence of clergy, family, and community, where does divorce, which...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Jenkins, Kathleen E. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, [2014]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Social shame and religious tools
  • Divorce work as cultural strategy
  • Solitary work through community
  • Cautious clergy
  • Rich lived practice
  • Religious emotion and multiple family forms
  • Appendix on methods.