Sacred divorce : religion, therapeutic culture, and ending life partnerships /
Even in our world of redefined life partnerships and living arrangements, most marriages begin through sacred ritual connected to a religious tradition. But if marriage rituals affirm deeply held religious and secular values in the presence of clergy, family, and community, where does divorce, which...
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| Format: | Licensed eBooks |
| Language: | English |
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New Brunswick, New Jersey :
Rutgers University Press
[2014]
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| Online Access: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctt7zvztf |
Table of Contents:
- Social shame and religious tools
- Divorce work as cultural strategy
- Solitary work through community
- Cautious clergy
- Rich lived practice
- Religious emotion and multiple family forms
- Appendix on methods.