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Covenant Marriage in Comparative Perspective

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This volume brings together leading scholars from Jewish, Orthodox, Catholic, Protestant, and Islamic religious traditions, as well as experts on American covenant marriage. The introduction carries out an unprecedented comparison of contract and covenant in Jewish, Christian, and Muslim understandings of marriage. In the remainder of the book, some of the best scholars in the field examine the nature of marriage through the fascinating binocular lenses of law and religion.
John Witte Jr is Jonas Robitscher Professor of Law and Ethics and Director of the Centre for the Study of Law and Religion at Emory University.
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