当前中国社会同居现象的伦理精神分析

当前中国社会同居现象似有取代婚姻之势。然而同居与婚姻具有本质差异,婚姻是从实体性出发的精神,双方执着追求成为"一个人"而扬弃自身的单一性,在深厚持久的亲密关系中获得实体性自由。同居则以个体的个别性或特殊性为出发点,是缺乏普遍物统摄与维系的无精神行为。同居行为或以爱的情感为基础,或以原子式的集合并列进行试婚,甚至以赤裸裸的性自由为目的。由于缺乏婚姻中以普遍物为精神纽带,为成为"一个人"而进行自我约束的伦理努力,任何形式的同居都无法提供实体性的自由。扬弃个体的自然直接性和主观任性,拯救婚姻能力,抑制同居是教育的伦理使命,也是我国伦理道德发展的重要课题。     

中西方父母在子女婚姻中角色的不同

婚姻生活是个人生活的重要组成部分,在婚姻生活中父母往往扮演着相当重要的角色,会不同程度地对子女的婚姻产生影响。由于中西方文化以及婚姻现存在着不同,所以中西方的父母在子女婚姻中所扮演的角色也有所差异。本文从父母在子女从相识结婚到婚后生活三个阶段所扮演角色不同的角度,来分析中西方文化的差异性。     

同性恋者婚姻关系的社会学问题

在中国社会文化背景下,我国大多数同性恋者最终都会有异性婚姻,或是男女同性恋者缔结互助婚姻关系。以婚姻功能为视角,对同性恋者的异性婚姻、互助婚姻、同性婚姻等婚姻关系的社会影响及其合理或非合理性进行分析评价,使社会公众对同性恋人群的看法更加客观。     

"婚姻,人人都当尊重"——浅析基督教的婚姻伦理及其对当代中国社会的现实意义

解决当前存在的婚姻问题,当务之急是构建新型的婚姻伦理,以提高人们的道德观念。作为基督徒,笔者认为基督教在这方面大有所为,也应当有所作为,因为基督教固有的教义中具有丰富的婚姻伦理思想,有待进一步挖掘。当基督教界的有识之士在这样的时期结合中国社会的实际,认真思考,反复论证,建立起一套既符合基督教教义,又有益于时代发展的婚姻伦理,一定能为基督作出美好的见证,也一定能为构建和谐社会作出有用的贡献。     

因满足而幸福：婚姻期待研究回顾与展望

婚姻期待指在婚姻关系中, 个体对配偶和关系本身所期望达到、并认为可以达到的标准。婚姻期待的满足程度影响婚姻质量评价和婚姻满意度, 但受到期待弹性、夫妻沟通及归因风格等因素的调节。个体应对婚姻期待受挫的方式包括改变对方以及对现实进行理想化歪曲等。未来可从开发适用于中国文化的测量工具、深化影响婚姻期待的家庭因素研究、探索婚姻期待受挫的其它应对方式及开展婚姻期待的夫妻匹配研究等方向进行考察。     

当代公民婚姻道德观状况实证研究——基于对江苏省的调查

基于实证研究,当下婚姻道德观的文明程度在不断提升,爱情动因既功利又超功利.爱情的存在只是婚姻满意的前提,夫妻经济地位的平等和物质生活务件的逐步改善才是婚姻持续幸福的保障.爱情和道德责任相互结合是确保婚姻美满的两大支柱.对婚外情宽容而不纵容体现了原则性与灵活性相结合的辩证思维.     

爱情的哲学思考--西方哲学家爱情观述评

古希腊先哲至近代西方哲学家对爱情的思考主要集中在人与爱情、爱情的本质与特征、爱情的价值与意义、爱情的形式与艺术、爱情与婚姻、爱情中的嫉妒等六个方面.这些思考为正确认识爱情与婚姻的关系做出了不同程度的贡献,其中一些思想和观点,在今天看来也是正确和深刻的.对西方哲学家爱情观进行反思,对于促进社会文明具有重要的现实意义.     

幼儿父母婚姻冲突与教养方式的关系:父母情绪调节策略的调节作用

以285名幼儿家长为被试,采用问卷法考察婚姻冲突对权威教养和专制教养的差别效应以及父母情绪调节策略在其中的调节作用。结果发现:(1)幼儿父母的婚姻冲突能显著负向预测其权威教养,显著正向预测其专制教养,婚姻冲突对两类教养的预测作用大小无显著差异;(2)父母情绪调节策略对婚姻冲突与权威教养关系的调节作用显著,且这种调节作用不存在家长性别的差异:较少使用认知重评或较多使用表达抑制的家长,其婚姻冲突能显著负向预测权威教养;经常使用认知重评或较少使用表达抑制的家长,其婚姻冲突对权威教养的影响不显著。父母情绪调节策略对婚姻冲突与专制教养关系的调节作用不显著。     

威廉·梅尔的婚姻家庭观

威廉.梅尔以圣经为依据阐述了男女两性的差异及互补性,认为男女的差异和互补性是婚姻的重要基础和必要条件。他指出,婚姻是肯定人位格的实在,是能使人相爱的实在,是创造生命的实在,是神圣的实在。以一男一女的婚姻为基础而形成的家庭是爱的文明的第一个学校并且对社会作出了卓越的贡献。在我们这个变化急剧的时代,梅尔的思想给了我们很多有益的启示。     

近代婚姻道德生活的新动向

中国传统婚姻道德生活以其巨大的历史惯性绵延几千年,在近代的历史巨变中,虽然没有完全改变,但是,在婚姻目的、婚恋模式、结婚习俗、婚姻形态、夫妻关系等方面都有了新动向,展示出新兴的婚姻道德观念和婚姻道德风貌.     

Challenges Marriage-Hunting People Face: Competition and Excessive Analysis1

In this paper, the reality of marriage hunting is examined through the narratives of marriage-hunting people. The results show that marriage hunting is based on the premise of a “competitive situation” and that people seeking a marriage partner require “analyzing” in order to win in this situation. However, the results indicate that marriage hunting becomes unsuccessful because, ironically, analyzing prevents people from behaving freely. Furthermore, the causes of their failure are attributed to them, thus giving rise to more analyzing. These findings suggest that the key to the future of marriage hunting is to free oneself from being governed by rules. The paper closes with a discussion of the importance of viewing marriage hunting as a relational effect.     

Stress,achievement, marriage and social support: Effects on the psychological well-being of physicians entering midlife/mid-career

Abstract

The major aim of this study was to examine the relative contribution of stress, professional achievement, personality, quality of marriage and family life, social support satisfaction, work satisfaction, average hours worked and family responsibilities to the psychological well-being (life satisfaction and psychological symptoms) of medical practitioners entering mid-life/mid-career. Fifty-nine female and 57 male physicians completed interviews, questionnaires, and daily stress records. The results confirm the central role that stress plays in the well-being of physicians. Pearson correlations and hierarchical multiple regressions showed other major variables examined did not explain additional variance in psychological symptoms, but did in some instances (professional achievement, quality of marriage, social support satisfaction for work issues) contribute to life satisfaction. A path model indicating a direct and independent effect of professional achievement on life satisfaction and a specific causal sequence of stress, quality of marriage and social support satisfaction for work issues is suggested.     

Comstock,Gary David,Gay Theology Without Apology

Abstract

This article explores the theology of procreation in marriage from traditional Catholic and traditional Evangelical viewpoints. Both groups believe that children are an integral aspect of Christian marriage, yet the barren couple is welcomed in the community despite Church insistence on children in marriage. Voluntary childfree unions and gay marriages, however, are both rejected by traditional Catholics and traditional Evangelicals. I contend that in this particular cultural climate of gay rights, one hurdle to accepting childfree straight marriages in traditional Christian branches is the perceived dissolution of conventional marriage. If traditionalists affirm that a married couple may choose to not procreate, then there is very little to distinguish straight childfree marriages from gay childfree marriages. Removing one pillar of conventional marriage – children – will bring Christian unions closer to theoretical support for gay marriage, a move that many traditionalists would be loath to make.     

The Sexual and Theological Ethics of Gay Marriage in France: A Dialectic between Autonomy and Universalism

Abstract

The debate on gay marriage has gathered pace globally and particularly in France. Here, the secularization of marriage as an ‘acte laïque’ has furthered progress towards a political and juridic recognition of gay marriage. The Catholic church (Vatican) has opposed this development in its re-enforcement of Catholic sexual ethics and the distinction it draws between secular and religious definitions of marriage. Complicating this distinction is the perception of a trend towards post-secularism in France where religion is making a return to democratic debates on citizenship and gender, and raising concerns over the status of the civility of the marriage act. The focus of this article is to look at gay marriage from the perspective of contemporary ethical and theological thinking. Specifically, I aim to examine alternative discourses that open up new ways of configuring gay marriage through an examination of concepts of integrity, responsibility and asceticism, and critically the ethical relationship between autonomy and norms.     

“This Temple is Our Natal Home!”: Women’s Experiences of Marriage and Possession in Maharashtra

This paper explores women’s experiences of marriage, stress, and spirit possession in the context of healing shrines. It is based on ethnographic fieldwork in three Mahanubhav temples in Maharashtra (western India). Women’s narratives emphasized the tensions and conflicts they experience in relation to marriage. These accounts about family stress were not just empirical accounts of stress but narrative devices that legitimize women’s stay in the temple. Thus, in referring to the temple as the “natal home”, women seek to access their privilege to periodically visit the temple “just as” they would visit the natal home. By making available to women alternative spaces and subject positions, these narratives of spirit possession and marriage emerge as powerful expressions of women’s agency.     

Marriage as Covenant: Tradition as a Guide to Marriage Education in the Pastoral Context

Public sentiment and rhetoric in recent years have unleashed a maelstrom of discussion over the definition of marriage. The insights that arise from consulting tradition and understanding the development of marriage for Christians are fundamental for explicating the special place matrimony holds in Christianity. Marriage ministry, especially marriage education, must employ an integrated holistic approach that offers a balanced presentation of the social, personal, and spiritual dimensions of marriage. The purpose of this paper is to review Christian tradition in order to inform and guide a ministerial praxis.     

Textbooks in Accredited Marriage and Family Therapy Programs

Although choices of required textbooks are important decisions in developing a course curriculum, faculty in marriage and family therapy training programs have few convenient resources to guide curriculum development. This article presents results of a survey of textbook selections of accredited marriage and family therapy programs within a regional affiliate of AAMFT. The five programs surveyed listed 108 different titles used in their curriculum. Only 12 texts were used by two programs, and only one text was used by more than two programs. This article presents the textbook selections by the six curricular areas of COAMFTE accreditation standards. The wide variety of textbooks used by programs leads us to conclude that no consensus exists about what textbooks best represent the core knowledge of marriage and family therapy. The body of knowledge taught in accredited marriage and family training programs reflects a distinct and autonomous body of knowledge.     

Marriage as Discipleship: Luther's Praise of Married Life

Abstract : This article reviews the Luther's evangelical understanding of sexuality and marriage and its theological roots. Marriage is a demanding vocation. But while Luther speaks honestly about the perilous and painful challenges of marriage, he is also sensitive to the delights of love and courtship, giving beautiful expression to the joys of marriage.     

Parental nurturance and identification with own father and mother: the reproduction of nurturant parenting

The purpose of the present study was to investigate the impact of parental identification and role-modeling on parenting in the next generation, with a special focus on fathers. Ninety-four fathers and 130 mothers of five-year-old children completed structured, standardized questionnaires that assessed the subject's child-rearing practices, quality of marriage and perceived parental care and control exerted by their father and mother. Analysis using structural equation modeling revealed that paternal nurturance was significantly affected by received paternal care, as well as by the quality of the subjects own marriage. Maternal nurturance was affected by received maternal care and quality of marriage. It was also found that for fathers, quality of marriage was negatively affected by received paternal control, while for mothers, quality of marriage was negatively affected by received maternal control. For both fathers and mothers, received maternal care affected the quality of marriage positively. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.