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Sexual Morality
(513 words)
[German Version]
Sexual morality denotes the stock of values and norms, of human actions and behaviors, that authoritatively regulate the realm of sexuality. In its form and content, this stock of values and norms is dependent on the prevailing interpretation of the meaning of human sexuality and hence necessarily specific to a particular time and culture. In Christianity the theology of the early fathers with its consistently negative assessment of sexuality dominated the church’s teaching for centuries. The central problem was the ethical character…
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Religion Past and Present
Marriage
(10,960 words)
[German Version] I. Religious Studies – II. Old Testament – III. New Testament – IV. Church History – V. Sociology – VI. Systematic Theology – VII. Law – VIII. Practical Theology – IX. Judaism – X. Islam
I. Religious Studies The term
marriage denotes a relationship entered into between two or more persons of different sex, ritually formalized, intended to be permanent, and recognized by society. In all cultures, definitions of economic and sexual rights and the conveyance of social status to children (Child/Childhood) are part of the socially ¶ defined framework of marriage…
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Religion Past and Present
Divorce
(4,531 words)
[German Version] I. Old Testament and Judaism – II. New Testament and Early Christianity – III. Church History – IV. Sociology – V. Systematic Theology and Social Ethics – VI. Law – VII. Practical Theology
I. Old Testament and Judaism In the Hebrew Bible, the dissolution of a marriage is the husband's unilateral act. It was originally executed through a divorce formula, pronounced orally (Hos 2:4), but Deut 24:1, 3 knows of the practice of prepa…
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Religion Past and Present
Sexualmoral
(488 words)
[English Version] . Unter S. versteht man jenen Werte- und Normenbestand, der menschliches Handeln und Verhalten, soweit es den Bereich der Geschlechtlichkeit betrifft, verbindlich regelt. In seiner inhaltlichen Ausgestaltung ist dieser Werte- und Normenbestand von der jeweiligen Sinndeutung menschlicher Sexualität abhängig und damit notwendig zeit- und kulturspezifisch. Im Christentum bestimmten die Theol. der Patristik mit ihrer durchgehend negativen Wertung der Sexualität über Jh. hinweg die kirchl. Lehre. Deren zentrales Problem war die …