The ideals of contemporary Christian marriage In the past decade, in Australia and elsewhere, what used to be understood as Christian marriage has been subject to criticism and in some cases ridicule. We have emerged from that cultural moment with a broader definition of marriage, a better understanding of the complexity of modern social practices, …
The Art of Faithful Love (Part 2)
What qualities enable love to flourish? In Part 1, I outlined C. S. Lewis’s idea of four kinds of human love, drawing on the wisdom of classical antiquity. I suggested that each one becomes genuinely life-giving as it is received as a finite good, ethically formed by mutuality and respect, and transformed by divine love …
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