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Divorce, Annulments, and the Catholic Church: Healing or Hurtful? book cover

1st Edition

Divorce, Annulments, and the Catholic Church Healing or Hurtful?

By Craig Everett, Richard Jenks Copyright 2002
266 Pages
by Routledge

258 Pages
by Routledge

266 Pages
by Routledge
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Explore the meaning of annulment to Catholics and the Church! This valuable book examines the use of annulment by the Catholic Church to grant divorced Catholics the right to remarry within the Church. Divorce, Annulments, and the Catholic Church: Healing or Hurtful? is the first published study on annulments with wide-scale usage of questionnaires and interviews comparing Catholics who have... Read more
  • Foreword
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1. Historical and Sociological Context of Divorce
  • Impact of Divorce
  • Divorce in Historical Perspective
  • Model of Divorce
  • Factors Associated with Divorce
  • Summary
  • Chapter 2. Religious Perspectives on Divorce
  • Protestant Denominations
  • Judaism
  • Roman Catholicism
  • Summary
  • Chapter 3. Annulments and the Catholic Church
  • The Internal Forum
  • The External Forum: The Annulment
  • The Annulment Process
  • The Marriage Tribunal
  • Objections to Annulments
  • Summary
  • Chapter 4. Demographic and Marital Issues
  • Nature of the Study
  • Marriage and Divorce
  • Analysis of Findings by Gender
  • Summary
  • Chapter 5. Religion and Marriage: Psychological Factors
  • Marriage and Well-Being
  • Religion and Well-Being
  • Findings on Well-Being
  • Annulled versus Divorced
  • Summary
  • Chapter 6. Social Integration
  • Marriage and Social Integration
  • Religion and Social Integration
  • Summary
  • Chapter 7. The Petitioners
  • Knowledge of and Feelings About Annulments
  • Reasons for Seeking the Annulment
  • Role of the Ex-Spouse
  • Role of the Children
  • The Annulment Process
  • Case Studies
  • Summary
  • Chapter 8. The Respondents
  • Questionnaire Information
  • Case Studies
  • Other Stories
  • Summary
  • Chapter 9. Conclusion
  • Summary of Findings
  • Theory
  • Recommendations
  • Appendix A: Tribunal Questionnaire
  • Appendix B: Questionnaire—Divorce and Religious Annulment Survey
  • Appendix C: Interview Schedule
  • References
  • Index

Biography

Richard Jenks, Craig Everett

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