| Description |
294 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [231]-284) and index. |
| Contents |
Families in Jewish and Greco-Roman worlds and early Christianity -- Asceticism, sex, and marriage in patristic and medieval Christianities -- Family, work, gender, and church in the Reformation era -- The making of the Victorian family : 1780-1890 -- From the progressive era through the Great Depression : 1890-1940 -- Changing ideologies and realities : 1940-1975 -- The family agenda of the Christian right -- The many faces of American families in the year 2000 -- Reimagining families : home, work, gender, and faith. |
| Subject |
Families -- Religious aspects -- Christianity -- History of doctrines.
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Families -- History.
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| ISBN |
0807054046 (alk. paper) |
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