In Defense of the Marital Family

by John Witte

This book combines Christian theology, Enlightenment liberalism, and modern social science to defend the marital family as an essential institution for adults and children, regardless of sexual orientation. John Witte presents the marital family as an integrated sphere with natural, social, economic, communicative, contractual, and spiritual dimensions. He rejects modern efforts to abolish the legal category of marriage or to reduce it to a transient...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 900452861X
• ISBN13: 9789004528611
• Release Date: April 2023
• Publisher: Brill Nijhoff
• Length: 92 Pages