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"A number of culture wars are currently being waged over 'family values'. Critics claim that the family is an antiquated and patriarchal institution which has institutionalized inequality, and needs to be radically reformed if not abolished. Defenders contend that the traditional nuclear or bourgeois family should be upheld and supported as the moral foundation of civil society. What has been largely missing in these acrimonious disputes is sustained theological reflection which rejects both str
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- Author
- Brent Waters
- Publisher
- OUP Oxford
- Published
- 2007
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781435622753
- Category
- philosophy
- Subjects
- Christian, Religion, Political Science
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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