This collection of essays by prominent lawyers, theologians, social scientists, policy makers, and activists examines the reasons why the once treasured institution of marriage has been steadily displaced by a culture of divorce and unwed parenthood. Promises to Keep presents the full text of The Council on Families in America's 1995 investigation, Marriage in America: A Report to the Nation, and the contributors provide suggestions for marital resurrection to counteract trends that have created tragic hardships for children, generated poverty within families, and burdened us with insupportable social costs. Sponsored by The Institute for American Values.
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An enormous contribution by an impressive set of family scholars. Promises to Keep is packed with information and should be 'must reading' for family researchers, students, religious leaders, mental health professionals and policy makers. -- Howard J. Markman, author of Fighting For Your Marriage A challenging set of recommendations which, if heeded, could profoundly and positively impact our culture. -- Dr. David L. Ferguson, Executive Director, Center for Marriage & Family Intimacy A rousing, long-overdue call for public action. -- Brigitte Berger, Boston University This volume, with its emphasis on making marriage work in the social context of the 1990s, will undoubtedly move the strained public conversation over the issue of marriage to a higher plane of seriousness. -- Don Eberly, founder of the National Fatherhood Initiative and Director of the Civil Society Project It [ is a] pleasure to read these arguments made by serious and concerned scholars on a topic as central as the health of the institution of marriage. * American Journal of Sociology * An important contribution to a critical debate. * CHOICE * This book is important especially for councelors, pastors and others in leadership positions who shape ministry and policy. * The Lamplighter *
Part 1 The DecLine of Marriage
Chapter 2 The Decline of Marriage as the Social Basis of Childrearing
Chapter 3 Values, Attitudes, and the State of American Marriage
Chapter 4 Myths of Marriage and Family
Chapter 5 Comparative and Historical Perspectives on Marriage, Divorce, and Family Life
Chapter 6 Decline of the Family: Conservative, Liberal, and Feminist Views
Part 7 Religious, Legal, and Clinical Dimensions
Chapter 8 Biology, Ethics, and Narrative in Christian Family Theory
Chapter 9 Postmodern Family Law: Toward a New Model of Status
Chapter 10 The Law and the Stability of Marriage: The Family as a Social Institution
Chapter 11 Parenting from Separate Households
Part 12 Rebuilding A Marriage Culture
Chapter 13 Re-creating Marriage
Chapter 14 Modern Marriage: Revising the Cultural Script
Chapter 15 The Reinstitutionalization of Marriage: Political Theory and Public Policy
Part 16 Marriage in America: A Report to the Nation
Chapter 17 Marriage in America: A Report to the Nation
Chapter 18 Afterword
David Popenoe is professor of sociology and associate dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Rutgers University. Jean Bethke Elshtain is the Laura Spelman Rockefeller Professor of social and political ethics at the Divinity School of the University of Chicago and the author of numerous books on women, politics, and the family. David Blankenhorn is the president of the Institute for American Values.
