scholarly journals The Role of the Sacraments of Christian Initiation in Preparing the Faithful for Marriage and Family Life

2018 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 133-146
Author(s):  
Grzegorz Pyźlak ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Family Life ◽  
Marriage And Family ◽  
Christian Initiation

scholarly journals Pastoral care and the agony of female singleness in the African christian context

2010 ◽  
Vol 44 (3/4) ◽  
Author(s):  
M.E. Baloyi
Keyword(s):  
Pastoral Care ◽  
Family Life ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Marriage And Family ◽  
Never Married ◽  
Community Or ◽  
Church And Society ◽  
Programme Of Care ◽  
The Church

In our society the norm is thatevery adult should get married one day. This could imply thatunmarried people do not feel welcome either in the community or the church. They may feel neglected or even like outcasts. It is a pity that the church, which also finds itself within the community, is composed of people who still continue to havethe kind of attitude that excludes singles, even inside church circles. While churches run programmes that have a strong emphasis on marriage and family life, nothing is being doneto address singleness and its related problems. As a result, singles often regard themselves as unimportant and worthless. This article is aimed at un-covering the role of the church through its leadership (pastors in particular) to assist and helpto redeem the damaged image and self-esteem that singles may have in their respective communities and churches. The article focuses on singles in the African church and society. It is crucial that a church programme of care and counselling be structured in order to minister to persons who are separated, divorced, widowed or never married for whatever reason.

Adultery in early Anglo-Saxon society: Æthelberht 31 in comparison with continental Germanic law

1991 ◽  
Vol 20 ◽  
pp. 19-25 ◽  
Author(s):  
Theodore John Rivers
Keyword(s):  
Social History ◽  
Family Life ◽  
Family Law ◽  
Anglo Saxon ◽  
Marriage And Family

As in other societies, adultery was a punishable offence among the Germanic peoples. Although it is a topic which has commanded considerable attention, it has been given attention not so much because it deals with family law and its significance to social history, as because it concerns the treatment of women. But closely related to the question of women, of course, is that of how men view each other. Even as early as Tacitus, evidence exists that Germanic women were treated with respect, and were subject to the protection or mundium of male relatives. Although exaggerated, the account in the Germania gives us some understanding of the role of Germanic women in respect of betrothal, marriage and family life. But it also leaves us with questions to which we most likely will never find answers.

scholarly journals THERAVADA BUDDHISM IN KHMER PEOPLE’S LIFE IN THE MEKONG DELTA – FROM THE ANGLE OF MARRIAGE

2011 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 79-86
Author(s):  
Oanh Thi Kim Dang
Keyword(s):  
Family Life ◽  
Social Relationship ◽  
Mekong Delta ◽  
Mekong River ◽  
Theravada Buddhism ◽  
Marriage And Family ◽  
Agricultural Society ◽  
Indirect Impacts ◽  
Social Management

Theravada Buddhism, although it is a religion based on the principle of “ly gia cat ái” which means “leaving family and cutting off love, in reality, for the Khmer people in the Mekong River Delta, Theravada Buddhism has very clearly shown secularization into all aspects of Khmer people’s life. In Khmer traditional society, Theravada Buddhism teachings are the foundation for rules which operate social relationship, social management including both the power of community and of pagodas, which creates special features of Khmer traditional agricultural society, completely different from Vietnamese villages and communes. Particularly, in the field of marriage and family, from concepts, rules to wedding rituals, from rites and customs in daily life to funeral rituals of family life etc. all are absorbed and profoundly influenced by Theravada Buddhism ideology and philosophy. The paper aims to learn about influences, and direct as well as indirect impacts of Theravada Buddhism on marriage and family life of the Khmer in the Mekong Delta, contributing more data to prove the role of Theravada Buddhism in the life of Khmer people in the Mekong Delta.

The Synod on the Family

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michele Dillon
Keyword(s):  
Family Life ◽  
Lived Experiences ◽  
Case Analysis ◽  
Language Group ◽  
Same Sex ◽  
Marriage And Family ◽  
The Family ◽  
Church Teaching

This chapter provides a case analysis of the Catholic Church’s Synod on the Family, an assembly of bishops convened in Rome in October 2014 and October 2015, to address the changing nature of Catholics’ lived experiences of marriage and family life. The chapter argues that the Synod can be considered a postsecular event owing to its deft negotiation of the mutual relevance of doctrinal ideas and Catholic secular realities. It shows how its extensive pre-Synod empirical surveys of Catholics worldwide, its language-group dialogical structure, and the content and outcomes of its deliberations, by and large, met postsecular expectations, despite impediments posed by clericalism and doctrinal politics. The chapter traces the Synod’s deliberations, and shows how it managed to forge a more inclusive understanding of divorced and remarried Catholics, even as it reaffirmed Church teaching on marriage and also set aside a more inclusive recognition of same-sex relationships.

Vocation as Autobiography: Family of Origin Influences on the Caregiving Role in Ministry

1994 ◽  
Vol 48 (4) ◽  
pp. 370-380 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frank J. Stalfa
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Systems Theory ◽  
Family Systems ◽  
Family Life ◽  
Family Of Origin ◽  
Family Systems Theory ◽  
Therapeutic Applications ◽  
Case Vignettes ◽  
And Function

Presents an overview of transgenerational family systems theory with primary emphasis on the dynamics of family life which are understood to influence the decision to enter a helping profession. Evaluates the role of caregiver as an aspect of ministerial identity and function in order to ascertain those factors which enhance or undermine professional development. Illustrates these influences with case vignettes and suggests education and therapeutic applications.

Marriage and Family Life in Ugaritic Literature

1955 ◽  
Vol 74 (4) ◽  
pp. 293
Author(s):  
Marvin Pope ◽  
A. van Selms
Keyword(s):  
Family Life ◽  
Marriage And Family
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