Polygamy's Rights and Wrongs: Perspectives on Harm, Family, and Law - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0774826150 ISBN 13: 9780774826150

Verlag: UNIV OF BRITISH COLUMBIA, 2013

Inhaltsangabe

Assumptions about the harmful nature of polygamy have left little room for debate, with monogamy coming to represent a hallmark of advanced societies, and polygamy the immoral alternative. Yet in this volume, eleven scholars ask whether this condemnation is justified by examining, among other perspectives, the lived experiences of polygamous families. In essays that fearlessly face difficult questions of choice, dignity, and love, the authors seek to complicate a conversation that is more often simplified. Thoughtful and persuasive, Polygamy’s Rights and Wrongs is both a close consideration of polygamy and a challenging reflection on the ways in which we value family and intimacy.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Gillian Calder is associate professor in the University of Victoria’s Faculty of Law. Lori G. Beaman is the Canada Research Chair in the Contextualization of Religion in a Diverse Canada and professor of classics and religious studies at the University of Ottawa.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: UNIV OF BRITISH COLUMBIA
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2013
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0774826150
• ISBN 13: 9780774826150
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Anzahl der Seiten: 276
• Herausgeber: Calder Gillian, Beaman Lori G.
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