Article: annulment of marriage

Article: The demise of marriage.(PARTING THOUGHTS)
USA Today (Magazine);  January 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ...THROUGHOUT THE CENTURIES, marriage has withstood barbs, jokes, criticisms...wise-guy remark was the quip that, while marriage may be a wonderful institution, who...or the reverse, generally respects marriage. One can understand how a warrior...

Article: Marriage for everyone, or no one?(Editorial)(Editorial)
Quadrant;  March 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ...THE FURORE over gay marriage which has seized the United States has not yet...place, the argument is about the legal status of marriage in civil society, not about the religious status of marriage. That is, no legal authority can (yet) insist...

Article: Practising faith in marriage. (Reviews).(Book Review)
Presbyterian Record;  May 1, 2003 ;     650 words ...Fighting for Your Marriage: The Best-Selling Marriage Enhancement and Divorce Prevention Book by Howard J. Markmnan...0-7879-S 744-5, $25.50). Surviving a Spiritual Mismatch in Marriage by Lee Strobel and Leslie Strobel (Zondervan, 2002, ISBN...

Article: marriage
The Oxford Companion to the Body;      700+ words ...marriage Since the nineteenth century, complex issues in the study of marriage have involved the productive and reproductive powers of...evolutionary development from primitive promiscuity and group marriage to modern constraint, monogamy, and patriarchy. In the...

Article: Last comes love.(Marriage, a History: From Obedience to Intimacy or How Love Conquered Marriage)(Book Review)
The Progressive;  September 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ...Marriage, A History: From Obedience to Intimacy or How Love Conquered Marriage By Stephanie Coontz Viking. 423 pages. $25.95. Since antiquity...conservative social critics have fretted over the crisis in marriage. Even the Roman emperor Augustus promoted a family values...

Article: The validity of marriage: who gets to decide? Who gets to choose?
Conscience;  December 22, 2007 ;     700+ words ......WIDESPREAD myths about the history of marriage is that it has always had to be solemnly...In fact, for most of Western history, marriage was a private contract between two families...when a court had to decide whether a marriage was valid and whether the partners or...

Article: The abolition of marriage.
Catholic Insight;  October 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ...What is marriage? During his talk with the Pharisees...asked Christ about the indissolubility of marriage, he referred twice to the beginning...indicating that the Christian view of marriage is solidly rooted in Genesis, which...

Article: Marriage and divorce
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions;      700+ words ...Marriage and divorce. Marriage is the union between at least two people (in polygamy and polyandry...generation. Because of the profound consequences of the institution of marriage (yielding experience including, but going far beyond, the pleasure...

Article: Medieval Marriage: Literary Approaches, 1100-1300.(Review)
The Modern Language Review;  July 1, 1999 ;     603 words ...Medieval Marriage: Literary Approaches, 1100-1300. By NEIL...sterling]; $69. Literary representations of marriage in early medieval England, Neil Cartlidge...interest in the affective nature of the marriage bond, reflecting the 'idealism and subtlety...

Article: Who Benefits More From Marriage--Men Or Women?(Brief Article)
Jet;  March 5, 2001 ;     678 words ...The institution of marriage is something that is viewed by society...to find out: Who benefits more from marriage--men or women? Dr. Obie Clayton, professor...both partners benefit equally in a marriage. For married couples there is a benefit...

Article: Marriage and Modernization: How Globalization Threatens Marriage and What to Do About It.(Book Review)
The Christian Century;  June 15, 2004 ;     700+ words ...Marriage and Modernization: How Globalization Threatens Marriage and What to Do About It. By Don S. Browning. Eerdmans...very different things when they talk about the role of marriage and family in society. Outside the U.S. and the Judeo...

Article: Why is marriage precious?
Catholic Insight;  July 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ...It can be convincingly argued that marriage has been virtually abolished in the western...points out, thanks to no-fault divorce, marriage has been demoted from a binding relation...is they intuit about the nobility of marriage, but they seem to know that if marriage...

Article: Covenant marriage: an achievable legal response to the inherent nature of marriage and its various goods.(Special Issue: The Nature of Marriage and Its Various Aspects)
Ave Maria Law Review;  June 22, 2006 ;     700+ words ...INTRODUCTION The Code of Canon Law describes marriage as a covenant: The marriage covenant, by which a man and a woman establish...canon law so aptly distinguishes, the concept of marriage as a covenant differs from marriage as a sacrament...

Article: The 28th Amendment: It is time to protect marriage, and democracy, in America.(Defense of Marriage Act may be in jeopardy)
National Review;  July 23, 2001 ;     700+ words ...Marriage is so central to the well-being of children-and society...denied that such a campaign is needed. Everybody knows that marriage is in trouble. The rise of divorce, illegitimacy, and cohabitation have all taken a toll. If the institution of marriage in our society is to be restored to good health, a ...