{"product_id":"sacred-divorce-religion-therapeutic-culture-and-ending-life-partnerships-paperback","title":"Sacred Divorce: Religion, Therapeutic Culture, and Ending Life Partnerships - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKathleen E. Jenkins\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEven in our world of redefined life partnerships and living arrangements, most marriages begin through sacred ritual connected to a religious tradition. But if marriage rituals affirm deeply held religious and secular values in the presence of clergy, family, and community, where does divorce, which severs so many of these sacred bonds, fit in? Sociologist Kathleen Jenkins takes up this question in a work that offers both a broad, analytical perspective and a uniquely intimate view of the role of religion in ending marriages. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e For more than five years, Jenkins observed religious support groups and workshops for the divorced and interviewed religious practitioners in the midst of divorces, along with clergy members who advised them. Her findings appear here in the form of eloquent and revealing stories about individuals managing emotions in ways that make divorce a meaningful, even sacred process. Clergy from mainline Protestant denominations to Baptist churches, Jewish congregations, Unitarian fellowships, and Catholic parishes talk about the concealed nature of divorce in their congregations. \u003ci\u003eSacred Divorce\u003c\/i\u003e describes their cautious attempts to overcome such barriers, and to assemble meaningful symbols and practices for members by becoming compassionate listeners, delivering careful sermons, refitting existing practices like Catholic annulments and Jewish divorce documents (gets), and constructing new rituals. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e With attention to religious, ethnic, and class variations, covering age groups from early thirties to mid-sixties and separations of only a few months to up to twenty years, \u003ci\u003eSacred Divorce\u003c\/i\u003e offers remarkable insight into individual and cultural responses to divorce and the social emotions and spiritual strategies that the clergy and the faithful employ to find meaning in the breach. At once a sociological document, an ethnographic analysis, and testament of personal experience, \u003ci\u003eSacred Divorce\u003c\/i\u003e provides guidance, strategies and answers to readers looking for answers and those looking to heal.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eKATHLEEN E. JENKINS is an associate professor and chair of the department of sociology at the College of William and Mary. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eAwesome Families: The Promise of Healing Relationships in the International Churches of Christ\u003c\/i\u003e (Rutgers).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 250\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.57 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 12, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51757779190048,"sku":"9780813563466","price":71.73,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/97bf687de51bafc639062ac597da9092.webp?v=1780111525","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/sacred-divorce-religion-therapeutic-culture-and-ending-life-partnerships-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}