From Sacrament to Contract : Marriage, Religion, and Law in the Western Tradition
https://archives.anglican.ca/link/article27755
- Author
- Witte, John, 1959-
- Reviewer
- Turner, Philip W. (Philip Williams), 1935-
- Material Type
- Book Review
- Journal
- Anglican Theological Review
- Date
- 2000 Winter
- Author
- Witte, John, 1959-
- Reviewer
- Turner, Philip W. (Philip Williams), 1935-
- Material Type
- Book Review
- Journal
- Anglican Theological Review
- Date
- 2000 Winter
- Volume
- 82
- Issue
- 1
- Page
- 201-203
- Notes
- "Witte manages to do what few undertake, namely, to show the way in which the development of marriage law in Europe and North America has been tied to the way in which the institution has been understood in the major theological traditions of the West. Witte identifies five primary strands of tradition. In the Roman Catholic tradition it has been conceived as a `sacrament'. In the Lutheran tradition it has been conceived of as a `social estate'. In Calvinist circles it has been presented as a form of `covenant'. Among Anglicans marriage came to be seen as a `little commonwealth'. And finally, out of certain strands of Anglican and Enlightenment thought, marriage evolved into a form of `contract' (p. 202)".
- Subjects
- Marriage - Religious aspects - Christianity - Book reviews
- Marriage - Religious aspects - Anglican Communion - History - Book reviews