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Author Philip Reynolds examines how marriage acquired a specifically Christian identity in the Latin West during the first millennium after Christ. Beginning with Jesus, everything the Christians did, including getting married, began a process of differentiation. Reynolds offers three themes for theological reflection and interpretation: Jesus' teaching, Paul's Letter to the Ephesians, and Paul's justification of marriage as a solution to the problem of sexual desire. Reynolds' insights into the Christianization of marriage make this a valuable book at both the scholarly and the practical level.…mehr

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Author Philip Reynolds examines how marriage acquired a specifically Christian identity in the Latin West during the first millennium after Christ. Beginning with Jesus, everything the Christians did, including getting married, began a process of differentiation. Reynolds offers three themes for theological reflection and interpretation: Jesus' teaching, Paul's Letter to the Ephesians, and Paul's justification of marriage as a solution to the problem of sexual desire. Reynolds' insights into the Christianization of marriage make this a valuable book at both the scholarly and the practical level.
Autorenporträt
Philip Lyndon Reynolds is Director of the Aquinas Center of Theology at Emory University and is an Assistant Professor of Historical Theology at Candler School of Theology.