Sweet Surrender: How Cultural Mandates Shape Christian Marriage - Couverture souple

Hiebert, Dennis

 
9781606088968: Sweet Surrender: How Cultural Mandates Shape Christian Marriage
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1606088963 ISBN 13 : 9781606088968
Editeur : Cascade Books, 2013

Synopsis

Every culture has a way of perceiving and practicing marriage. Many contemporary Western Christians mistake what their culture prescribes regarding marriage with what the Bible portrays, and thereby take as biblical what is merely cultural. Uncritical conformity to cultural imperatives of marriage then becomes a Christian virtue, and a sweet surrender. Few recognize, much less question this confusion, even when its consequences are unhealthy. In Sweet Surrender Dennis Hiebert challenges Christians to comprehend what is cultural in their view of marriage, hold as optional what is not explicitly required by the Bible, and live out their marriages within the transcendent grace of God. Gaining greater awareness can free marriages from the control of culture for something more simply but deeply Christian. Marriages benefit when they are released from cultural directives that are not biblical callings, even if they choose to retain them as cultural practices. This book is for Christians who are ready to rethink their assumptions about marriage.

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À propos de l'auteur

Dennis Hiebert, PhD, is Professor of Sociology and Department Head of Arts and Sciences at Providence University College in Canada. Author of numerous academic articles on the intersection of sociology and Christianity, he is also editor of the Journal of Sociology and Christianity, and past president of the Christian Sociological Association. His mission is to separate the purely Christian from the merely cultural as much as possible, while granting that it is never entirely possible. Dennis and his wife live in southern Manitoba and have two adult sons.

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Éditeur
Cascade Books
Date d'édition
2013
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1606088963
ISBN 13 
9781606088968
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
280
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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ISBN 10 :  149821214X ISBN 13 :  9781498212144
Editeur : Wipf & Stock Publishers, 2013
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