Water Is Thicker Than Blood: An Augustinian Theology of Marriage and Singlehood

by Jana Marguerite Bennett

This book considers how homes, households, and domestic life are related to the Church. Early theologies glorified the monastic lifestyle as a way to transcend earthly attachments in favor of supernatural goods. Contemporary thinkers have seen that functioning marriages and families themselves can lead us toward a more righteous society.

Jana Bennett insists that both marriage and singleness must be placed in the context of the Christian story...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 019531543X
• ISBN13: 9780195315431
• Release Date: March 2008
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 9.4"