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For Better, for Worse
The Ethics of Divorce after Marriage Equality
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2019
Summary
For Better, For Worse discusses the shame narratives tied to divorce, rooted in Christian theologies of marriage and U.S. political landscapes of marriage rights and regulation. Using interdisciplinary methods, Natalie E. Williams investigates the current conflict between social practices that normalize divorce and religious and political rhetorical narratives that continue to shame those who divorce. Williams's work seeks to understand current attitudes and policies related to divorce and to shape Christian ethical responses that resist the use of shame, relying instead on commitments to truth-telling and a cultivation of “shamelessness” to support flourishing across a spectrum of family forms.
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Copyright year
2019
ISBN-Print
978-1-9787-0186-1
ISBN-Online
978-1-9787-0187-8
Publisher
Lexington, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
127
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Acknowledgments No access
Introduction No access Pages 1 - 8
1 The Theo-Ethical History of Marriage and the U.S. Divorce Landscape No access Pages 9 - 22
2 Shame in the Moral Frameworks of Marriage Regulation No access Pages 23 - 40
3 Fetishizing the Family No access Pages 41 - 60
4 U.S. Divorce Policies and “Family Values” Rhetoric No access Pages 61 - 80
5 Queer Resistance and Gay Assimilation No access Pages 81 - 96
6 Resisting Shame and Reimagining Family Success No access Pages 97 - 114
