Christianity and the making of the modern family /

Ruether, Rosemary Radford,

Christianity and the making of the modern family / Rosemary Radford Ruether. - Boston : Beacon Press, c2000. - 294 pages ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-284) and index.

Families in Jewish and Greco-Roman worlds and early Christianity -- Asceticism, sex, and marriage in patristic and medieval Christianities -- Family, work, gender, and church in the Reformation era -- The making of the Victorian family : 1780-1890 -- From the progressive era through the Great Depression: 1890-1940 -- Changing ideologies and realities : 1940-1975 -- The family agenda of the Christian right -- The many faces of American families in the year 2000 -- Reimagining families : home, work, gender, and faith.

0807054046 (alk. paper) 9780807054048 (hardback)

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Families--Religious aspects--Christianity--History of doctrines.
Families--History.

BT707.7 / .R84 2000

261.8/3585/09