Marriage; Family; Women

The Feminine Intellectual Vocation

Edith Stein argued that men and women alike are equally called to imitate God, but that they imitate the divine being in different ways.
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28 Jul 2022

Woman, Heal Thyself

by Kari Jenson Gold

In a world where all is understood through the lens of power, love is impossible. Women will always be destined for unhappiness if they choose power over love. Continue Reading »

26 Jul 2022

New York police officer Wilbert Mora was buried February 2. He was gunned down in a Harlem apartment January 21 after responding to a 911 call; his partner Jason Rivera died at the scene, and Mora succumbed to his wounds a few days later. The funeral was held at St. Patrick’s Cathedral, as . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Apr 2022

The Case Against Polygamy

by John Witte Jr.

Is polygamy the next same-sex marriage? Fundamentalist Mormons, Muslims, and others argue that federal and state statutes on religious freedom protect the practice. Some liberals have joined the cause, using arguments about sexual liberty, equality, and autonomy. Traditional criminal prohibitions . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Apr 2016

Father's Day with the Sisters

by Stephen Schmalhofer

We are relearning that marriage is not optional. The evidence started piling up in 1965 with Daniel Patrick Moynihan’s report on the breakdown of the African-American family. In 2012, Charles Murray took us on a walk through Fishtown where we met a white (often non-)working class. In 2014, Kevin . . . . Continue Reading »

23 Jun 2015

What Does Woman Want?

by Mary Eberstadt

For a few interesting weeks this summer—catapulted by romantic melodramas with a wide cast of characters, including Republican politicians and popular reality-show parents Jon and Kate—the question of opposite-sex marriage and its own meaning momentarily took center stage. Just about . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Oct 2009

The Complementarity of Man and Woman

by Michael Novak

The brilliant lay philosopher of Judaism, Dennis Prager, has written lucidly about the utter distinctiveness of Judaism among the nations of its time in its understanding of human sexuality. Prager writes: The gods of virtually all civilizations engaged in sexual relations. In the Near East, the . . . . Continue Reading »

26 Dec 2008

Marriage in Counterpoint and Harmony

by Gilbert Meilaender

If one were to seek a connecting thread that runs through the biblical witness, a good candidate would be “faithfulness.” Robert Jenson has written that faithfulness is “the theological heart of the Bible,” and that, in turn, marriage is “the paradigm case of an ethic of faithfulness.” . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Jun 1992

What the Bishops Don't Know About Families

by Barbara Dafoe Whitehead and David Blankenhorn

The U.S. Catholic Bishops’ most recent contribution to our national debate on the family, a statement entitled Putting Children First, approved last November, calls our attention to the worldwide trend of declining child well-being. With each passing year, in the United States and around . . . . Continue Reading »

1 May 1992

Man, Woman, and Public Policy

by Barbara Dafoe Whitehead

Our generation's gender philosophy has harmed men, women, and their . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Aug 1991