Torn Asunder: Children, the Myth of the Good Divorce, and the Recovery of Origins

ISBN 10: 0802872050 / ISBN 13: 9780802872050

Published by Eerdmans, 2017

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Synopsis:

Amid the current nationwide debate over what marriage is, this book examines anew the nature and meaning of marriage from the standpoint of what adult children of divorce have actually experienced. Upholding the inextricable link between our personal identity and our origin in a union of two and, more deeply, in the Fatherhood of God the contributors to this volume reflect on the damage that divorce does to children, opening up important questions for all of us: What does it mean to be human? What does it mean to love and to marry? After decades of talk about the rights of adults to get a divorce and the benefits for children of an amicable split between parents (a so-called good divorce), these authors theologians, philosophers, political scientists, lawyers, psychologists, sociologists, and cultural critics effectively unsettle conventional opinion. Includes contributions by Richard Fitzgibbons, Elizabeth Kantor, Margaret Laracy, Lisa Lickona, Antonio López, Ryan MacPherson, Elizabeth Marquardt, Margaret Harper McCarthy, Andrew Root, Jeanne Heffernan Schindler, Nathan Schlueter, Andrew Sodergren, Charles E. Stokes, Paul Sullins, Vicki Thorn, Maximilia Um, Gintautas Vaitoska and Amy Ziettlow|Amid the current nationwide debate over what marriage is, this book examines anew the nature and meaning of marriage from the standpoint of what adult children of divorce have actually experienced. Upholding the inextricable link between our personal identity and our origin in a union of two and, more deeply, in the Fatherhood of God the contributors to this volume reflect on the damage that divorce does to children, opening up important questions for all of us: What does it mean to be human? What does it mean to love and to marry? After decades of talk about the rights of adults to get a divorce and the benefits for children of an amicable split between parents (a so-called good divorce), these authors theologians, philosophers, political scientists, lawyers, psychologists, sociologists, and cultural critics effectively unsettle conventional opinion. Includes contributions by Richard Fitzgibbons, Elizabeth Kantor, Margaret Laracy, Lisa Lickona, Antonio López, Ryan MacPherson, Elizabeth Marquardt, Margaret Harper McCarthy, Andrew Root, Jeanne Heffernan Schindler, Nathan Schlueter, Andrew Sodergren, Charles E. Stokes, Paul Sullins, Vicki Thorn, Maximilia Um, Gintautas Vaitoska and Amy Ziettlow

About the Author: Margaret Harper McCarthy is assistant professor of theological anthropology at the John Paul II Institute for Studies on Marriage and Family at The Catholic University of America, Washington DC.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Torn Asunder: Children, the Myth of the Good...
Publisher: Eerdmans
Publication Date: 2017
Binding: paperback
Condition: Very Good