The bible says that when a person is divorced and then remarried, the resulting sin is adultery. Divorce and remarriage by robert spaemann articles first. Personal resources, family factors, and remarriage. We also believe that he created marriage to be the foundation of a strong church and stable society. A biblical perspective by clair martin the matter of divorce is all around us, in our families, and among our friends and work acquaintances. The journal of marriage and family jmf, published by the national council on family relations, has been the leading research journal in the family field for more than 70 years and is consistently the most highly cited journal in family science. Although i have purchased dozens of scholarly books on this subject over the past 30 years, i have not found one.
Remarriage is not a new social invention for repairing marital disruption. With its interdisciplinary focusrepresented by the. Nearly all evangelical academics hold a version of the third view sometimes divorce, sometimes remarry. If, after an unbiblical divorce, ones exspouse remarries, reconciliation becomes impossible.
Modern marriage markets display increasing turnover, with less marriage but more divorce and remarriage. Changes and their driving forces abstract we document key facts about marriage and divorce, comparing trends through the past 150 years and outcomes across demographic groups and countries. The results show that an individuals remarriage is influenced by personal resources and family factors. Research synthesis the effects of divorce on children. It looks at the implications of divorce on the personal level, as well as on the broader social level, in several different countries. Article information, pdf download for marriage, divorce, and remarriage. Remarried women had high rates of mobility and there seemed to be a clear excess of moves made around the time of remarriage, shortly after the end of the first marriage.
R yrie this survey of the biblical teaching on divorce and remarriage gives special allention to the meaning of the exception clause in matthew and preference to the view that it refers to unlawful unions and therefore does not jusllfv divorce for. Divorce rates in portugal have been trending slightly upward over the past decade. The bibles message for those suffering within marriage is both realistic and loving marriage should be lifelong, but broken marriage vows can be grounds for divorce biblical grounds for. For over 500 years the debate concerning divorce and remarriage has been going on in the church. Fergusson, and jay belsky, timing of parental separation and attachment to parents in adolescence. Divorce, widowhood, remarriage and geographic mobility. Remarriage is permitted for the faithful partner only when the divorce was on biblical grounds. Household mysteries, the journal of political economy vol. Therefore, educational researchers and theorists have given almost no exhortations for teachers and principals about sensitizing. With its interdisciplinary focusrepresented by the professional. The bibles message for those suffering within marriage is both realistic and loving marriage should be lifelong, but broken marriage vows can be grounds for divorce biblical grounds for divorce include adultery, abuse and abandonment.
Journal of marriage and family wiley online library. The nono view no divorce and no remarriage this view is the most stringent of the four. Abstract full text references pdf 1412 kb 0 crossref citations. Buy a cheap copy of marriage, divorce, and remarriage in the. Counseling in cases of separation, divorce and remarriage. Rather than till death do us part, marriage, divorce, remarriage. Divorce and remarriage introduction we believe that god instituted marriage as an earthly picture of christs relationship with the church ephesians 5. Stanton norman assistant professor of theology new orleans baptist theological seminary 3939 gentilly blvd. Engelsma 1 the development ofherman hoeksema in the november, 1991, april, 1992, and november, 1992issues of this journal, i presented a doctrine ofmarriage, divorce, and remarriage based on the teaching ofi corinthians 6 and 7. Trends in marriage and divorce figure 1 lays out some facts about marriage and divorce in the united states over the last 150 years. The betrothal view of divorce and remarriage 69 is their interpretation of the socalled exception clause in mat thews gospel 5.
It is painful and hurtful, and it causes much heartache. As ellwood and crane 1990 have noted in this journal and as a huge literature. Based on china family panel studies cfps2010 data, this paper adopts the method of event history analysis to explore the cultural logic and impact factors behind remarriage in china. Bill heth calls it the majority viewa label that occurs repeatedly in the tables below. In fact, the purpose for a biblical divorce is to make clear that the faithful partner is free to remarry, but only in the lord rom. Divorce, widowhood, remarriage and geographic mobility among.
Jmf publishes original empirical research that makes substantial contributions to theoretical understandings of all aspects of families. Divorce is arguably as much or more a worldshaking loss to children as is the death of a close loved one or pet. Family size, social network of relatives, and whether one belongs. Pdf research indicates that individuals in remarriages experience less marital satisfaction than individuals in a first marriage. He calls the first and second views the minority view. Using the contextual method of bible interpretation, i have researched all of the new testament scriptures that i could find regarding the subject of divorce and remarriage. An assignment model with divorce and remarriage iza institute of. Changes and their driving forces by betsey stevenson and justin wolfers. The july 2015 issue of the journal of divorce and remarriage a more complete list of research report about divorce, remarriage and stepfamilies published in 2015 or between 20102015. The family landscape has shifted in the 30 years since bumpass penned his address.
What the nt teaches about divorce and remarriage 5 view 3. Most educational leaders are aware of the added academic challenges that children of divorce from singleparent homes face. Marriage, divorce, remarriage munich personal repec archive. Divorce and remarriage introduction gateway church. We document key facts about marriage and divorce, comparing trends through the past 150 years and ou. Although this view allows for remarriage upon the death of a spouse, this is outside the scope of the issue since remarriage after death is. Divorce and remarriage thus become mechanisms for the transmission of inequality both within and across generations. T he divorce statistics for modern western societies are catastrophic. Unmarriedcouple households, by presence of children.
Remarriage and reconstituted families springerlink. Family size, social network of relatives, and whether one belongs to an expanded family affect the. Journal of divorce and remarriage journal resources for. Divorce and remarriage by robert spaemann articles. Relocation, emerging adults, international perspectives. Marriage, divorce and remarriage special committee report of the reformed church in the united states 1991 for the sake of continuity, completeness, and the overall understanding of those who read this report, again we have included the recommendations which were adopted at the 1989 and 1990. This article uses the nsfh data set to examine the consequences of parental divorce and remarriage for parental support for adult children. Gods alternative to divorce for the reason of infidelity, journal of psychology and theology 7 1979 340. Under the old covenant adultery resulted in the death penalty, which would have ended the marriage and freed the innocent spouse to remarry.
However, there has been an assumption among educators and the american public that parental remarriage benefits children academically. Only death severs the bond, and the passages that reveal an exception matthew 5. Divorce and remarriage by robert spaemann august 2014. Published in volume 21, issue 2, pages 2752 of journal of economic perspectives, spring 2007, abstract. With the rise of divorce, even among christians, there has come about a. A qualitative approach please scroll down for article. Therefore, educational researchers and theorists have given almost no. Children often experience the same range of grief emotions surrounding divorce as they do with death. While divorce rates have risen over the past 150 years, they have been falling for the past quarter century. Portugal fairly recently 2008 enacted a nofault divorce law. They show that marriage is no longer regarded as a new, independent reality transcending the individuality of the spouses, a reality that, at the very least, cannot be dissolved by the will of one partner alone. Divorce and remarriage brings together for the first time a unique collection of international studies focusing on many aspects of divorce particular to individual cultures.
The impact of family structure on the health of children. As a consequence, a large number of children live in singleparent and stepparent households. Find out deep revelations concerning this subject from daddy hagins book. The book succeeds at being exactly what the author wanted it to be. Effects of remarriage following divorce on the academic. Results of a prospective study from birth to age 16, journal of marriage and family 62 2000.
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