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Books on: marriage practices

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To Love, Honor, and Obey in Colonial Mexico: Conflicts over Marriage Choice, 1574-1821

Book by Patricia Seed; Stanford University Press, 1988

Subjects:

Marriage--Mexico--Mexico City--History, Marriage--Parental Consent--Mexico--Mexico City--History, Marriage--Religious Aspects--Catholic Church, Mate Selection--Mexico--Mexico City--History, Mexico--Social Conditions--To 1810

Collections: Entire Library

...conflicts over marriage choices. It is...modification of practices as well as in a...cultural beliefs about marriage and how the special...marital ideals, practices, and aspirations...cognizant of Spanish marriage practices and more likely...
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Shakespeare, Law, and Marriage

Book by B. J. Sokol, Mary Sokol; Cambridge University Press, 2003

Subjects:

Law And Literature--History--16th Century, Law And Literature--History--17th Century, Law In Literature, Marriage In Literature, Marriage--England--History--16th Century, Marriage--England--History--17th Century, Shakespeare, William--1564-1616--Knowledge--Law, Shakespeare, William--1564-1616--Knowledge--Manners And Customs

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...plays of clandestine marriage reflect contemporary...legal attitudes and practices. Chapter 7 deals...s depictions of marriage usually mirrored the laws and practices of contemporary...exemplar for English marriage practices; no theoretical...
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Family, Marriage, and Parenthood

Book by Howard Becker, Reuben Hill; D.C. Heath, 1948

Subjects:

Family, Marriage

Collections: Entire Library

...technically: In studying the family, marriage, and parenthood, we run some risk of...wisdom, folklore that enshrines hallowed practices, shrewd counsel about ways of getting...mere means become ends in themselves. Practices once of strictly utilitarian character...
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Marriage and Same-Sex Unions: A Debate

Book by Lynn D. Wardle, Mark Strasser, William C. Duncan, David Orgon Coolidge; Praeger, 2003

Subjects:

Gay Couples--Legal Status, Laws, Etc--United States, Lesbian Couples--Legal Status, Laws, Etc--United States, Same-Sex Marriage--United States

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This book exemplifies the high quality of thoughtful discussion and debate that is possible on the issue of same-sex marriage. Authors are paired to address and respond to a particular topic, one in favor of state recognition of same-sex relationships, and one in favor of limiting state recognition ...
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This book exemplifies the high quality of thoughtful discussion and debate that is possible on the issue of same-sex marriage. Authors are paired to address and respond to a particular topic, one in favor of state recognition of same-sex relationships, and one in favor of limiting state recognition to those relationships that have been traditionally recognized as marriages.
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The Book of Marriage: A New Interpretation by Twenty-Four Leaders of Contemporary Thought

Book by Hermann Keyserling; Harcourt, Brace, 1927

Subjects:

Marriage

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THE BOOK OF MARRIAGE A NEW INTERPRETATION BY TWENTY-FOUR LEADERS...my invitation to contribute to The Book of Marriage , Bernard Shaw replied: "No man dare write the truth about marriage while his wife lives. Unless, that is, he...

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Journal Articles on: marriage practices

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Oenpelli Kunwinjku Kinship Terminologies and Marriage Practices

Journal article by Mark Harvey; Oceania, Vol. 72, 2001

Subjects:

Australia--Rites and ceremonies, Indigenous peoples--Rites and ceremonies, Kinship--Analysis, Language and languages--Social aspects, Marriage customs and rites--Analysis

Collections: Entire Library

...Kunwinjku kinship terminologies and marriage practices. by Mark Harvey...Kunwinjku kinship terminologies and marriage practices. The other is to consider the...between kinship terminologies, marriage practices, and the construction of ranges...
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The Noble Custom of Roora: The Marriage Practices of the Shona of Zimbabwe

Journal article by Dominique Meekers; Ethnology, Vol. 32, 1993

Subjects:

Bride price--Social aspects, Marriage customs and rites--Zimbabwe, Shona (African people)--Rites and ceremonies

Collections: Entire Library

...noble custom of roora: the marriage practices of the Shona of Zimbabwe...about the specific changes in marriage practices that are taking place. This...the transformations of Shona marriage practices. SHONA MARRIAGE CUSTOMS...
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Woman-to-Woman Marriage: Practices and Benefits in Sub-Saharan Africa

Journal article by R. Jean Cadigan; Journal of Comparative Family Studies, Vol. 29, 1998

Subjects:

Same-sex marriage--Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa--Social aspects, Women, Black--Family

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Woman-to-woman marriage: practices and benefits in Sub-Saharan Africa...interpretations of woman-to-woman marriage as lesbianism would be "totally...them do not imply lesbian sexual practices." She disagrees strongly with those...
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Marriages Are Made in Heaven: Marriage and the Individual in the Roman Jewish Ghetto

Journal article by Kenneth R. Stow; Renaissance Quarterly, Vol. 48, 1995

Subjects:

Jews--History, Judaism--Customs and practices, Marriage--History

Collections: Religious Studies, History, Literature, Entire Library

...their prospective marriage was not "made in...the rituals and practices of Jewish courtship...Helmholz, R. H. Marriage Litigation in Medieval...Venezia." ("Nuptial Practices in the Venetian...and for varying practices over time, see Freimann...theories of Christian marriage is Brundage...
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Marriage Regulation and the Rhetoric of Alliance in Northwestern Turkey

Journal article by Suzan M. Ilcan; Ethnology, Vol. 33, 1994

Subjects:

Endogamy and exogamy--Turkey, Marriage--Turkey, Turkey--Social aspects

Collections: Entire Library

...Ilcan Research on Turkish marriage practices emphasizes the importance of...article I argue that while marriage practices in Sakli are organized around...endogamy in a wider range of marriage practices, beyond FBD marriage, and points...

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Magazine Articles on: marriage practices

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A Marriage of Convenience: Taiwan's Indigenous Peoples Face an Uncertain Future as Young People Increasingly Desert Their Villages in Search of Work and a More Modern Lifestyle in the Cities. but, as Nick Haslam Discovers, One Tribe Has Found a Unique Way of Ensuring Its Cultural Practices and Traditions Maintain a High Profile

Magazine article by Nick Haslam; Geographical, Vol. 80, March 2008

Subjects:

Indigenous peoples--Social aspects, Modernization--Influence, Taiwan--Social aspects, Tribes--Social aspects

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A Marriage of Convenience: Taiwans Indigenous Peoples...a Unique Way of Ensuring Its Cultural Practices and Traditions Maintain a High Profile...ceremony, and for two hours each step of the marriage ritual is carried out, accompanied by...
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The Liberal Case against Gay Marriage

Magazine article by Susan M. Shell; Public Interest, Summer 2004

Subjects:

Marriage--Analysis, Marriage--Religious aspects, Rauch, Jonathan--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Same-sex marriage--Analysis, Same-sex marriage--Religious aspects

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...ability to regard practices of marriage as either wholly dependent...Like the rites and practices surrounding death, marriage invests a powerful...link between funereal practices and death, the question of gay marriage appears in a new light...
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Same Sex Marriage? A Christian Ethical Analysis

Magazine article by Joel James Shuman; The Christian Century, Vol. 121, June 29, 2004

Subjects:

Books--Book reviews, Same Sex Marriage? A Christian Ethical Analysis (Book)--Book reviews

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...peculiar politics and practices, among which are marriage and celibacy for...Christian account of marriage, like all of the practices of the Christian...issue is whether marriage, understood as one of the practices of the Christian...
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Covenant or Contract? Marriage as Theology

Magazine article by Laura Levitt; Cross Currents, Vol. 48, Summer 1998

Subjects:

Liberalism--Religious aspects, Marriage customs and rites, Jewish--Analysis, Marriage--Religious aspects, Women, Jewish--Social aspects

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...development. In marriages intermixture of...rabbinic) texts and practices. Although the dominant...follow more rabbinic practices, many of us were...contemporary ketubbot or marriage contracts but also...by its focus on marriage. His efforts, like...liberal beliefs and practices, and this is how...
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Can Marriage Be Saved? A Forum

Magazine article by Ellen Willis, Randall Kennedy, Edmund White, Martha Fineman, Laura Kipnis, Nora Ephron, Patricia Hill Collins, Judith Butler, Susan Brownmiller, Michael Bronski, E.J. Graff, Michael Eric Dyson, Judith Stacey, Joann Wypijewski, Hilton Als; The Nation, Vol. 279, July 5, 2004

Subjects:

Gay and lesbian rights, Pluralism--Social aspects, Same-sex marriage--Laws, regulations and rules, Same-sex marriage--Social aspects

Collections: Entire Library

...middle. Legalizing same-sex marriage would be an improvement over...judicial monitoring of police practices arose from efforts to deter...of those fun new gadgets or practices. Whereas the only visible...respect for the family and for marriage. Until a year ago I would...

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Newspaper Articles on: marriage practices

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Marriage as an Inviolable Institution

Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, June 29, 2007

Subjects:

Marriage

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...of policies and practices that corrode the sacred institution of marriage. At the same time...their traditional practices of childrearing...help to bring back marriage to its preeminent...quick to ape Western practices. We should learn...attacks against marriage and the family...
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Couple Take on Police in Battle over Sanctity of Marriage

Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), October 5, 2007

Subjects:

Marriage

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...civil partnership was the same asmarriage, it would be called marriage. She said: This is about our rights. We dont want any money...allow anyone to hide behind it? I dont believe in homosexual practices but I would never treat anyonedifferently because they are...
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Marriage Is Certainly No Bed of Roses in Killarney; Thorny: Floral Arches, like Those Chosen by Billionaire's Daughter Sue Ann McManus, Are Banned in Kerry

Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), September 25, 2007

Subjects:

Marriage, Weddings

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...The main thing thatshappening is the couple exchanging the marriage vows in the presence of thepriest and in the presence of their...ceremony. Bishop Murphy has previously spoken aboutundesirable practices including the use of videos and cameras, even duringthe most...
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LOOK AFTER THE GOLF CLUBS DARLING; (1)the Huge Ego, Towering Intellect. and Boorish Lack of Tact of Husband Tessa Dumped (2)Attraction of Opposites (and Lavish Lifestyle) That Kept Couple Together for 27 Years . . . and His Extraordinary Parting Words to Daughter as the Marriage Ended

Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), March 5, 2006

Subjects:

Marriage

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...relatively harmonious years of marriage, characterised by mutual dependency...weakness for wacky New Age practices. Its as though he lacks the...his daughter from his first marriage, and her husband Derek, a...three children by his first marriage - Eleanor, 34, Luke, 30, and...
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Sodomy Law Struck Down; Decision Sparks Marriage Worries

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, June 27, 2003

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...struck down; Decision sparks marriage worries. Byline: Frank...states may not outlaw "sexual practices common to a homosexual lifestyle...require recognition of same-sex "marriage." "The sodomy statutes do...grounds state laws limiting marriage to opposite-sex couples...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: marriage practices

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Greek Religion

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

GREEK RELIGION religious beliefs and practices of the ancient inhabitants of the region of Greece. Origins...certain systematization of the gods began to take place. The marriage of Zeus, a sky god of the conquerors, and Hera, a fertility...
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Judaism

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...majority for religious responsibilities (see Bar Mitzvah ); marriage; and funeral rites. During the medieval period, these trends...ethical content. While Orthodox Jews maintain the traditional practices, Reform Jews perform only those rituals that they believe...
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Homosexuality

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...as immoral has made such goals as acceptance of same-sex marriage and adoption by gays elusive. The Clinton administrations...research, for wider access to information regarding safe sexual practices, and even, to some degree, for legal recognition of same-sex...
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Charles I , King of England, Scotland, and Ireland

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...offended his Protestant subjects by his marriage to the Catholic Henrietta Maria , sister...and attempts to change existing church practices. The Years of No Parliament Charles...opposition to strict enforcement of the practices of the Established Church by Archbishop...
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Corinthians

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...showing the true nature of Christian ministry. Paul then condemns several practices incest, litigation among Christians, and fornication. He answers questions on marriage and celibacy, on the scandal involved in eating meat previously offered...

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