The Western Case for Monogamy Over Polygamy

by John Witte Jr. and Jr John Witte

Book Overview

For more than 2,500 years, the Western tradition has embraced monogamous marriage as an essential institution for the flourishing of men and women, parents and children, society and the state. At the same time, polygamy has been considered a serious crime that harms wives and children, correlates with sundry other crimes and abuses, and threatens good citizenship and political stability. The West has thus long punished all manner of plural marriages...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1107499178
• ISBN13: 9781107499171
• Release Date: May 2015
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 550 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.0" x 8.9"