For Better, for Worse

Natalie  E. Williams

doi:10.5771/9781978701878

For Better, for Worse

The Ethics of Divorce after Marriage Equality

1. Edition 2019

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doi.org/10.5771/9781978701878
ISBN print: 978-1-9787-0186-1
ISBN online: 978-1-9787-0187-8
Lexington, Lanham Lexington, Lanham

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Abstract

For Better, For Worse discusses the shame narratives tied to divorce, rooted in Christian theologies of marriage and U.S. political landscapes of marriage rights and regulation. Using interdisciplinary methods, Natalie E. Williams investigates the current conflict between social practices that normalize divorce and religious and political rhetorical narratives that continue to shame those who divorce. Williams's work seeks to understand current attitudes and policies related to divorce and to shape Christian ethical responses that resist the use of shame, relying instead on commitments to truth-telling and a cultivation of “shamelessness” to support flourishing across a spectrum of family forms.

Schlagworte

divorce divorce doctrine ethics of family marriage marriage equality public policy family studies feminist ethics gay divorce sexual ethics shame

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i–xii Preface i–xii
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
1–8 Introduction 1–8
9–22 1 The Theo-Ethical History of Marriage and the U.S. Divorce Landscape 9–22
23–40 2 Shame in the Moral Frameworks of Marriage Regulation 23–40
41–60 3 Fetishizing the Family 41–60
61–80 4 U.S. Divorce Policies and “Family Values” Rhetoric 61–80
81–96 5 Queer Resistance and Gay Assimilation 81–96
97–114 6 Resisting Shame and Reimagining Family Success 97–114
115–124 Bibliography 115–124
125–126 Index 125–126
127–127 About the Author 127–127

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