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Sacred Divorce: Religion, Therapeutic Culture, and Ending Life Partnerships
Kathleen E. Jenkins
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Description for Sacred Divorce: Religion, Therapeutic Culture, and Ending Life Partnerships
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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 severs so many of these sacred bonds, fit in? Sociologist Kathleen Jenkins takes up this question in a work that offers both a broad, analytical perspective and a uniquely intimate view of the role of religion in ending marriages.
For more than five years, Jenkins observed religious support groups and workshops for the divorced ... Read more
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 severs so many of these sacred bonds, fit in? Sociologist Kathleen Jenkins takes up this question in a work that offers both a broad, analytical perspective and a uniquely intimate view of the role of religion in ending marriages.
For more than five years, Jenkins observed religious support groups and workshops for the divorced ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Rutgers University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
236
Place of Publication
New Brunswick NJ, United States
ISBN
9780813563473
SKU
V9780813563473
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About Kathleen E. Jenkins
KATHLEEN E. JENKINS is an associate professor and chair of the department of sociology at the College of William and Mary. She is the author of Awesome Families: The Promise of Healing Relationships in the International Churches of Christ (Rutgers).
Reviews for Sacred Divorce: Religion, Therapeutic Culture, and Ending Life Partnerships
"In reading Sacred Divorce, one is so moved by an astounding number of beautifully written sentences and gripping quotes that one feels one has gone through divorce, therapy, recovery and healing."
Margarita A. Mooney
author of Faith Makes Us Live: Surviving and Thriving in the Haitian Diaspora
"A thoughtful and smart examination of how religious communities shape ... Read more
Margarita A. Mooney
author of Faith Makes Us Live: Surviving and Thriving in the Haitian Diaspora
"A thoughtful and smart examination of how religious communities shape ... Read more