Being single in the church : insights from history and personal stories /
Previously published in 2005, as Being single : insights for tomorrow's church / Philip B. Wilson ; London : Darton Longman Todd, 2005; and as a Thesis (Ph. D.)-University of Aberdeen, 2003.
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| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-233) and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a Rivers and rituals -- A historical overview of singleness from earliest times to the year 1800 -- The Celts : a meandering morality -- The arrival of the Christians : despising the ecstatic, embracing the ascetic -- Irish monasticism : hierarchical relationships and heavenly rewards the Reformation in Europe from monastery to family -- The British Isles : Puritans, Presbyterians and holy households -- John Wesley : looking for a method in his marriage -- Interim conclusions to chapter one -- Sexuality and secularism -- A historical and cultural overview of singleness from 1800 to the present -- Exceptions to the norm : those who resisted society's urge to wed -- Victorian novel ideas : Victorian authors on marriage -- Silver screen salvation : Hollywood's early love affair with romance -- The 1960s and all that : the rise of singleness as a preferred lifestyle option -- Post-modern singleness : "guilt-free sex"? -- The church's response : a brief review -- More Brontë than Coupland -- Interim conclusions to chapter two -- The rivers keep flowing -- The participants -- The interview process and the concept of "being single" -- Matt's story : "I suppose sex is a big part of most people's lives" -- Victoria's story : "If you're building a church, you want the children" -- Rob's story : "I would like the church to be radical in how it sees community" -- Linda's story : "I can't believe I'm doing the job I'm doing ... it's so grown up" -- Stuart's story : "It's the freedom that's the privilege" -- Julie's story : "He told me I was a wicked woman for working" -- Stephanie's story :"If you were single you had to have this higher calling, you had to be a missionary" -- Winston's story : "If I had sought a relationship outside church, I probably would have found it easier" -- Joan's story : "Church for me is the loneliest place of all" -- George's story : "I'm more than that" -- Janice's story : "God's desire was for marriage" -- Bertie's story : "The family and the church mean so much to me" -- Margaret's story : "I'd love to share with somebody" -- Derek's story : "So much to thank God for" -- Liz's story: "It's been really worth waiting for" -- Brief closing remarks to chapter three -- Loneliness, dating and sexuality -- Singleness and loneliness : the biggest problem of all? -- Single people and dating : where are all the decent single Christian men? -- Singleness and celibacy : the principle is one thing, the practice is another -- Single people and the church -- Church-pain -- Church-stress -- Intimacy or anonymity? -- Anti-clericalism? -- Interim conclusions to chapters four and five -- The challenge of singleness : individuality and theology -- Individuality : the benefits of being alone versus the costs of singleness -- Theology : what are we to believe? how are we to behave? -- The challenge to the church : the potential of community -- The Christian ommunity is at the centre of our world -- The Christian community is the place for ethics -- The Christian community values friendship -- The Christian community has relational leaders of influence -- Creating the singles-friendly church. | |
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