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<p>In <i>From Sacrament to Contract</i>, John Witte Jr. offers a study of five conflicting models of marriage--Catholic, Lutheran, Calvinist, Anglican, and Enlightenment--and their social and political impact over the last thousand years. In so doing, Witte shows how we arrived at the notion of marriage as contract.</p> <p>The Family, Culture, and Religion series offers informed and responsible analyses of the state of the American family from a religious perspective and provides practical assistance for the family's revitalization.</p>

Author

Witte, John, 1959-

Publisher

Louisville, Ky.: Westminster John Knox Press

Published

1997

Language

EN

ISBN

9780664255435

Subjects

Religion, Christian, Law