Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- In Defense of the Marital Family -- John Witte, Jr. -- Abstract -- Keywords -- Introduction -- 1 The Marital Sphere -- 2 The Nature of the Marital Family -- 3 It Takes a Society to Raise a Family -- 4 The Economics of the Family -- 5 The Communicative Dimension of the Family -- 6 The Contractual Dimensions of the Marital Family -- 7 The Marital Family as a Spiritual Institution -- Concluding Reflections: The Modern Marital Family in Traditional Christian and Modern Liberal Perspectives -- Bibliography.

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