Hopes for Better Spouses: Protestant Marriage and Church Renewal in Early Modern Europe, India and North America (Emory University Studies in Law and Religion) - Softcover

Book 1 of 6: Emory University Studies in Law and Religion

Roeber, A G

 
9780802868619: Hopes for Better Spouses: Protestant Marriage and Church Renewal in Early Modern Europe, India and North America (Emory University Studies in Law and Religion)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0802868614 ISBN 13: 9780802868619
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2013

Synopsis

Modern Protestant debates about spousal relations and the meaning of marriage began in a forgotten international dispute some 300 years ago. The Lutheran-Pietist ideal of marriage as friendship and mutual pursuit of holiness battled with the idea that submission defined spousal roles. In the contexts of early modern Europe and Pietist missions in India and North America this dispute triggered an enormous debate that has largely been forgotten. Hopes for Better Spouses recovers those exchanges and consequences, supported by broad research data.

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About the Author

A G Roeber is Professor of Early Modern History and Religious Studies at Penn State University and an Orthodox clergyman.

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Publisher
Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
Publication date
2013
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0802868614
ISBN 13 
9780802868619
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
320