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Breaking the Marriage Idol Reconstructing Our Cultural and Spiritual Norms [Pehme köide]

  • Formaat: Paperback / softback, 278 pages, kõrgus x laius x paksus: 227x153x19 mm, kaal: 388 g
  • Ilmumisaeg: 26-Jun-2018
  • Kirjastus: Inter-Varsity Press,US
  • ISBN-10: 0830845429
  • ISBN-13: 9780830845422
  • Formaat: Paperback / softback, 278 pages, kõrgus x laius x paksus: 227x153x19 mm, kaal: 388 g
  • Ilmumisaeg: 26-Jun-2018
  • Kirjastus: Inter-Varsity Press,US
  • ISBN-10: 0830845429
  • ISBN-13: 9780830845422

Should all Christians be married?Although we might quickly respond "no," our cultural stories and norms—including those in the church—often communicate "yes."Theologian and husband Kutter Callaway considers why marriage, which is a blessing from God, shouldn't be expected or required of all Christians. Through an examination of Scripture, cultural analysis, and personal accounts, he reflects on how our narratives have limited our understanding of marriage and obscured our view of the life-giving and kingdom-serving roles of single people in the church.In doing so, Callaway helps the church craft a new story that transforms the way we look at marriage and affirms the contributions of all to the body of Christ.



Should all Christians be married? Kutter Callaway considers why marriage, which is a blessing from God, shouldn't be expected or required of all Christians. Through an examination of Scripture, cultural analysis, and personal accounts, he reflects on how our narratives have limited our understanding of marriage and obscured our view of the life-giving and kingdom-serving roles of single people in the church.



Should all Christians be married? Kutter Callaway considers why marriage, which is a blessing from God, shouldn't be expected or required of all Christians. Through an examination of Scripture, cultural analysis, and personal accounts, he reflects on how our narratives have limited our understanding of marriage and obscured our view of the life-giving and kingdom-serving roles of single people in the church.

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"This book is recommended for pastors, church leaders, Christian educators, and artists interested in transforming the cultural norms of the Church to grow a more just and loving community of God where married and unmarried persons are equally valued at all levels of Church life." -- Andrea Kulberg, CBE International, Spring 2019

Introduction 1(22)
PART 1 THE CHURCH AND CULTURE AS EASY BEDFELLOWS
1 Disney Princesses, Taylor Swift, and The Bachelor. Pop Culture as Premarital Counselor and Sex Therapist
23(28)
2 The Internal Narratives of Contemporary Evangelicalism: Waiting on True Love, Kissing Dating Goodbye, and Bringing Up Princes and Princesses
51(40)
PART 2 RECONSIDERING THE BIBLICAL WITNESS
3 Bone of My Bones and Flesh of My Flesh: The First Testament on Marriage and What It Means to Be Human
91(32)
4 Like a Virgin: The New Testament on Singleness and What It Means to Be Sexual
123(36)
PART 3 DEVELOPING A THEOLOGICAL FRAMEWORK
5 The Call of Marriage (or, Why Christians Should Get Married)
159(34)
6 Desire in Singleness: Ascetics and Eternity (or, Why Christians Don't Need to Get Married)---by Joshua Beckett
193(20)
7 Sex, Saints, and Singleness: Practical (Re)Considerations
213(26)
Conclusion: A Family Who Forgives Together 239(4)
Acknowledgments 243(4)
Contributors 247(2)
Notes 249(14)
General Index 263(4)
Scripture Index 267
Kutter Callaway (PhD, Fuller Theological Seminary) is assistant professor of theology and culture at Fuller Theological Seminary. He is the author of Watching TV Religiously: Television and Theology in Dialogue and Scoring Transcendence: Contemporary Film Music as Religious Experience.