Water is thicker than blood an Augustinian theology of marriage and singleness. - Bennett, Jana Marguerite, 1975- (Oxford Oxford university press, 2008)
Preliminary arguments for a theology of households -- How "theology of marriage" damages ecclesiology -- Seeing the world with Augustine : word, story, and worship -- Intertwining households : states of life in salvation history -- Marriage in creation, fall, and redemption : against gendered dichotomies -- Neither married nor given in marriage : singleness and salvation history -- Christians' eschatological home -- Households expanding : eschatological visions of Christ -- The political household of God : against the public/private dichotomy -- At home in Christ : living as citizen-households.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Keywords: Augustine, -- Saint, Bishop of Hippo; Marriage -- History of doctrines -- Early church, ca. 30-600; 265.5 -- Huwelijk; 276 =71 AUGUSTINUS -- Latijnse patrologie--AUGUSTINUS