FAMILIAR IDOLATRY AND THE CHRISTIAN CASE AGAINST MARRIAGE

Contemporary Christianity in the United States—whether Protestant or Catholic, liberal or conservative—has so closely aligned the basic message of Christianity with the family and “traditional family values” that it is currently in a state of idolatry.¹ Increasingly, whether they are religious or no...

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Published inAuthorizing Marriage? pp. 17 - 40
Main Author Martin, Dale B
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published Princeton Princeton University Press 10.01.2009
Subjects
Applied sociology
Behavioral sciences
Celibacy
Christian history
Christian philosophy
Christianity
Churches
Divorce
Ecclesiology
Families
Family members
Fathers
Households
Human behavior
Human populations
Human sexual behavior
Human societies
Marriage
Men
Persons
Population studies
Religion
Sexual abstinence
Social institutions
Social sciences
Sociology
Sociology of religion
Spiritual belief systems
Spouses
Wives
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Summary:Contemporary Christianity in the United States—whether Protestant or Catholic, liberal or conservative—has so closely aligned the basic message of Christianity with the family and “traditional family values” that it is currently in a state of idolatry.¹ Increasingly, whether they are religious or not, people in America tend to equate Christianity with the family and “family values.” It is not just that gay and lesbian people have largely left their churches; single people in general often feel out of place in churches. And other people in non-“traditional” family structures—whether divorced, cohabiting, or in partial nuclear families—tend to
ISBN:0691123462
9780691123462
DOI:10.1515/9781400827138.17