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Gotcher, Billy Mack. "A pastor's guide on divorce and remarriage." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN) Access this title online, 2005. http://www.tren.com.
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Cianca, James. "Marriage-divorce-remarriage New Testament exception clauses /." Online full text .pdf document, available to Fuller patrons only, 1986. http://www.tren.com.
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Mihai, Vasile. "Divorce and remarriage in the Orthodox Church." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1999. http://www.tren.com.
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Raccah, William. "Jesus's view on remarriage in light of the biblical, extra-biblical, and rabbinic literature on divorce and remarriage." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1987. http://www.tren.com.
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Jones, Brian. "A biblical theology of marriage, divorce, and remarriage." Online full text .pdf document, available to Fuller patrons only, 2002. http://www.tren.com.
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Pickard, David C. "Childhood Fears and the Impact of Divorce and Remarriage." Thesis, University of North Texas, 1989. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc332165/.
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Different family structures and levels of parental and financial stress were investigated in relation to children's overtly expressed fears, and secondarily, covertly measured fears and concerns. The family structures consisted of divorced and remarried families divided into those divorced less than two years and those divorced greater than two years. Intact families were used as the control group. One-hundred-twenty-one children from six to eleven years of age and their biological mothers from a semirural, southwestern town comprised the sample. The children were administered five instruments assessing overt fears, covert fears/concerns, and positiveness in family relationships. Mothers were given eight self-report measures which included a questionnaire, a report of their child's overt fears, and an indication of the positiveness in family relationships. Results indicated that the children of divorced, single mothers tended to report greater overt fears than remarried and intact families. Indications of covert fears of death and separation were also suggested. This was especially true for those single mothers divorced less than two years. Children of intact families did not generally differ from remarried groups although there were implications that remarriage too soon after divorce may impact covert fears as well as positive feelings toward the stepfather. Children of mothers reporting high levels of stress reported greater levels of overt fears than children of low stress mothers. Financial stress for mothers appeared to have greater implications for children's overt and covert fears than did parental stress. In contrast to the children of mothers reporting high levels of stress, mothers who reported low levels of stress tended to have children who reported fewer overt fears but greater covert fears and concerns. Recommendations for future research including adding parental measures to assess the coping styles as well as the effectiveness of such coping with divorce and remarriage, using different measures of overt and covert fears, and extending the study to include data from the biological fathers as well as families in which the father has custodial rights.
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Lussier, Gretchen. "Children's narratives and social-emotional adjustment following parental divorce and remarriage /." view abstract or download file of text, 2001. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/uoregon/fullcit?p3035569.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Oregon, 2001.Typescript. Includes vita and abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 125-131). Also available for download via the World Wide Web; free to University of Oregon users.
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Osborn, Stephen H. "Divorced and remarried Catholics selected canonical issues on participation in the parish /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1998. http://www.tren.com.
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Flowers, C. Andrew. "Applying the analogy of scripture to divorce a new hermeneutical approach to the problem /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN) Access this title online, 2005. http://www.tren.com.
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Scoggin, Marvin G. "The meaning of the Matthean exception clauses in light of the historical-cultural-grammatical hermeneutic." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1986. http://www.tren.com.
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D'Amour, David C. "What God has joined together-." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1994. http://www.tren.com.
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Harper, Ronald. "An exegetical analysis of Matthew 19:3-12." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1997. http://www.tren.com.
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Shafer, Kevin M. "Gender Differences in Remarriage: Marriage Formation and Assortative Mating After Divorce." Columbus, Ohio : Ohio State University, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view.cgi?acc%5Fnum=osu1247497348.
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Inkrott, Rebecca Hazard. "The effects of divorce and remarriage on adolescents : a path analysis /." Connect to resource, 1988. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view.cgi?acc%5Fnum=osu1244216182.
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Puz, Jacqueline June Gerhardt. "Family in crisis the effects of divorce and remarriage on the family system /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 2006. http://www.tren.com/search.cfm?p068-0630.
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Rothrauff, Tanja C. "Beliefs about intergenerational assistance following divorce and remarriage does race and ethnicity matter? /." Diss., Columbia, Mo. : University of Missouri-Columbia, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10355/4283.
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Thesis (M.S.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 2005.The entire dissertation/thesis text is included in the research.pdf file; the official abstract appears in the short.pdf file (which also appears in the research.pdf); a non-technical general description, or public abstract, appears in the public.pdf file. Title from title screen of research.pdf file viewed on (July 11, 2006) Vita. Includes bibliographical references.
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Mortis, Bailey. "THE EFFECTS OF PARENTAL DIVORCE AND REMARRIAGE ON EMERGING ADULT’S ROMANTIC ATTACHMENT STYLES." UKnowledge, 2019. https://uknowledge.uky.edu/hes_etds/73.
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This study shined light on the gap in literature about the impact of communication and involvement of stepparents has on emerging adult’s romantic attachment styles. A sample of 289 college students between the ages of 18 and 22 at the University of Kentucky was recruited to complete an online survey about their perceived experience with their stepparent and parental figures and the effects on their romantic attachment styles. Parental involvement in children’s lives and having good communication, sets the foundation for individuals to have secure attachment styles. Emerging adults who experience parental figures and stepparents as being uninterested or passive in their relationship experience have higher anxious and avoidant attachment styles. These findings inform therapists about the importance of recognizing attachment injuries when dealing with individuals and supports the need for all parental figures to be involved in their child’s life and have positive communication skills.
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Bean, Ron C. "Relationship Maintenance Behaviors and Marital Stability in Remarriage: The Examination of Stepfamily Constellations and Associated Challenges." DigitalCommons@USU, 2019. https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/7647.
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Research on stepfamily life in the 21st century reveals unexplored variables at every turn. This is important because around half of American adults report close step-relationships and the challenges and demographic and relational differences for different types of stepfamilies remains unexplored. The first of these studies explored data for 879 husbands and wives couples to explore how positivity, negativity, and sexual interest levels differ depending which of the couple, both partners, or neither had previous children. Wives reported higher levels of marital instability and positivity than husbands. Marital instability was linked with one’s own and one’s partners’ negativity, and inversely related to one’s own and one’s partners’ positivity and sexual interest. The marital instability of those with children was related with their partner’s negativity.
The second study investigated how the marital stability of different stepfamily configurations is related to difficulties associated with the social and family dimension, the role of the spouse, the role of a parent, and the role of a stepparent. Wives’ scores of marital instability and difficulties being a parent and stepparent were higher than husbands’ across remarriage types. Stepmothers reported the highest levels of parenting and stepparenting strain, especially stepmothers without children of their own. This implies stepfamily challenges can impact family-related stress and marital instability, with the most profound effects found for stepmothers with no biological children of their own.
We found that parents with children seem to be sensitive to negativity and sexual interest from their partners as a measure of relationship functioning. Stepmothers experienced higher levels of marital instability and difficulties associated with being a parent and a stepparent and this is especially true for stepmothers who did not have children of their own. These findings suggest couples may benefit from strategies that decrease negativity, increase positivity and sexual interest, and help manage the stresses associated with being a parent and stepparent, especially for stepmothers
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Konkel, Mel. "A project to help leaders and volunteers at the Meeting Creek Evangelical Free Church develop an attitude of acceptance toward the divorced or divorced and remarried." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 2005. http://www.tren.com.
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Holden, Livia. "Acting for equity : women's legal awareness in Hindu customs of divorce and remarriage in central India." Thesis, University of London, 2004. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.407734.
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Higgins, Derrel Jay. "The Development of the Remarital Assessment Questionnaire for Divorced Persons (RAQ-D)." Diss., CLICK HERE for online access, 2007. http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/ETD/image/etd1840.pdf.
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Stadler, Spencer R. "The hope of a new obedience in Paul." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN) Access this title online, 2005. http://www.tren.com.
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Jamieson, Rachel V. "A Revision of the Marital Status Inventory: Reliability and Validity with Marital and Remarital Couples." Diss., CLICK HERE for online access, 2007. http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/ETD/image/etd2117.pdf.
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Lucier, Mallory J. Adler-Baeder Francesca M. "Malleability in gender role attitudes during the transition to divorce and remarriage a longitudinal study of marital experiences /." Auburn, Ala, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10415/1562.
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Foreman, Jordan P. Charlton Thomas L. "Practicing primitive Christianity in a progressive world a historical examination of two divisions within the Churches of Christ in America /." Waco, Tex. : Baylor University, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/2104/5186.
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Hamer, Colin G. "Marital imagery in the Bible : an exploration of the cross-domain mapping of Genesis 2:24 and its significance for the understanding of New Testament divorce and remarriage teaching." Thesis, University of Chester, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10034/607240.
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Genesis 2:23 speaks of a miraculous couple in a literal one-flesh union formed by God without a volitional or covenantal basis. Genesis 2:24 outlines a metaphoric restatement of that union whereby a naturally born couple, by means of a covenant, choose to become what they were not in a metaphoric one-flesh family union—such forms the aetiology of mundane marriage in both the Hebrew Bible and the NT. It is this Gen 2:24 marriage that is understood in the Hebrew Bible as the basis of the volitional, conditional, covenantal relationship of Yahweh and Israel, and in the NT of the volitional, conditional, covenantal relationship of Christ and the church—that is, Gen 2:24 is the source domain which is cross-mapped to the target domain (God ‘married’ to his people) in the marital imagery of both the Jewish and Christian Scriptures. It is an imagery that embraced the concept of divorce and remarriage. The NT affirms that the pattern for mundane marriage is to be found in Gen 2:24 (Matt 19:3-9; Mark 10:2-12). But NT scholars and the church have conflated the aetiology of the Gen 2:24 marriage with that of Adam and Eve’s marriage described in Gen 2:23, and thus see that the NT teaches that mundane marriage is to be modelled on the primal couple—a model that imposes restrictions on divorce and remarriage that are not found in the Hebrew Bible. In contrast, this study suggests that the NT writers would not employ an imagery they repudiated in their own mundane marriage teaching, and that an exegesis of that teaching can be found, focusing on divorce and remarriage, which is congruent with its own imagery.
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Way, Megan McDonald. "Essays in Intergenerational Transfers." Thesis, Boston College, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/2345/749.
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Thesis advisor: Donald CoxChapter 1 - Intergenerational Transfer Inflows to Adult Children of Divorce Do adult children of divorce receive less money from their parents than children of intact unions? Are they less likely to receive parental help for buying a house, starting a business or weathering a financial crisis? Though there is evidence that an individual divorced parent gives less to his child than he would give if he were married to his child's other parent, no study has examined the transfers given by both divorced parents. I approach the question of transfers to adult children of divorce from a fresh angle by asking not, "How much did the parent give?" but instead, "How much did the child get?" I also examine the correlation between parents' remarriage and transfers received. Using data from the 1988 wave of the PSID, I find that parental divorce and remarriage are uncorrelated with the incidence of a transfer. Within the select group of children who receive a transfer, however, divorce is correlated with an increased transfer amount, while a father's remarriage is correlated with a decreased amount. Chapter 2 - The Correlation Between Subjective Parental Longevity and Intergenerational Transfers Are parental financial transfers to adult children correlated with subjective parental longevity? Despite rapid and continuing increases in life expectancy, no previous study has looked at transfers in relation to parents' opinions of how long they will live. This paper uses the subjective survival probability data included in the Health and Retirement Study to examine this potential correlation for a select group of unmarried older parents. For mothers only, I consistently find modest positive correlations between subjective longevity and anticipated future inter vivos transfers and bequests. For fathers, I find a non-linear relationship between subjective longevity and anticipated future inter vivos transfers. I discuss the potential reasons for these descriptive results and some further questions that arise from them
Thesis (PhD) — Boston College, 2009
Submitted to: Boston College. Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
Discipline: Economics
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Skog, Frida. "The impact of family composition on adult earnings." Doctoral thesis, Umeå universitet, Sociologiska institutionen, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-127663.
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This thesis addresses to what extent childhood family composition – the number of siblings and whether the parents live together, or whether there are non-parental adults and/or half-siblings in the household or not – contributes to variations in adult earnings. The theoretical perspective suggests that resources mediate the effect. While research has shown that siblings, as well as divorce and remarriage, are negatively linked to child outcomes, there are inconsistencies in previous literature. There has been debate over the unconfoundedness of previous studies, something that is handled here by analyzing large sets of representative data using a robust parameter. The longitudinal dataset used is based on Swedish administrative data and the cohorts analyzed are born in the beginning of the 1970s. The data structure is well suited for the assumptions underlying the semi-parametric method propensity score matching. The findings show that family size impacts on adult earnings. However, this is not always of concern. For example, no effect of siblings is found in affluent families, and if siblings are closely spaced this results in better outcomes for children. Divorce and remarriage do not seem to lower the future earnings of children. Thus, this thesis shows that some of the most well-established patterns in the sociology of the family, namely the link between number of siblings and adult earnings, and between divorce/family re-formation and adult earnings, can be broken by resources.
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Sheffield, Rachel. "Dating in Midlife: A Dyadic Approach Examining Partner Perceptions on Relationship Quality." BYU ScholarsArchive, 2008. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/1578.
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Using a matched-partner dataset of 660 midlife couples, this study examined dating relationships at midlife from the perspective of both male and female partners. It also explored ways various life course factors such as marital history, children, cohabitation, relationship length, and social approval related to partners' perceptions of one another and to subsequent relationship quality. Findings indicated heterogeneity in midlife dating experiences. Actor and partner effects of enhancement were most often linked with greater satisfaction and fewer problems for never-married couples, yet enhancement was not related to relationship stability for them. For couples where only one partner had been previously married, partner enhancement was linked to stability but not to other relationship outcomes. Life course factors played an important role in midlife dating relationships. Further research is needed to examine longitudinal trends.
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Okofo-Boansi, Ezekiel. "An evaluation of marriage-divorce-remarriage issues among Ghanaian Christian migrants as blamed on the radical impact of western and African cultural clashes in the UK." Thesis, Bangor University, 2014. https://research.bangor.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/an-evaluation-of-marriagedivorceremarriage-issues-among-ghanaian-christian-migrants-as-blamed-on-the-radical-impact-of-western-and-african-cultural-clashes-in-the-uk(d1221734-af1c-43d9-8e86-29e537cf5fe7).html.
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This study critically analyses an assumption that Ghanaian marriages, while in Britain, become difficult and that many do not survive. This is blamed on, the Impact of Britain's Western culture. Many migrant marriages apparently endure stressful deterioration that often leads to separation, abusive loveless co-habiting and sometimes divorce whilst resident in Britain. It consequently evaluates and discusses some practical issues facing Pastoral Ministry and counselling concerns of marital relationships especially of the Ghanaian Adventist migrants. It also discusses participant views on the Ghanaian migrant Seventh-day Adventist Churches' leadership approach and their implication on members' marriages including ethical issues regarding offenders' active participation in the church. This research was limited to a cross-section of the Ghanaian Seventh-day Adventist Christians in Britain for manageability and focus. It is anticipated that patterns found could be repeatable where Ghanaians are found elsewhere in the Western civilisation. This project objectively explored the above assumption to question, investigate and determine possible causative factors to help move from assumption to referable data and thereby inform and improve pastoral care ministries. The study concludes that Ghanaian Adventist Christian Migrant marriages actually endure occasional multifaceted destructive problems of unrealistic expectations from a community of relatives, friends, in -laws and the church as well as the couples themselves.
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Levin, Emily P. Levin. "Gratefully Acknowledged." University of Akron / OhioLINK, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron152190240698231.
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Marshall, Deborah Ann. "The remarriage family and the former spouse : marital adjustment and family cohesion." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 1987. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/26885.
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It has been suggested that 25% of marriages in Canada are remarriages (Schlesinger, 1981). In such remarriages it has been recommended that the non-custodial parent have minimal contact with the new family (Goldstein, Freud & Solnit, 1973). More recently, therapists have begun to recognise the importance of having permeable boundaries in remarriage families which allow all significant family members to stay involved (Messinger, 1985; Sager et al., 1983).
This research study Included 33 families in which the wife had remarried after a divorce, and had children from the previous marriage. A total of 105 subjects participated including 33 wives, 30 stepfathers and 42 adolescents. Employing an anonymous questionnaire format, the following hypotheses were tested: (1) There is a significant relationship between the wife's contact with her former spouse and family cohesion. (2) There is a relationship between contact with the former spouse and marital adjustment. (3) There is a positive relationship between balanced cohesion and marital adjustment. (4) There will be less variance between family members on cohesiveness when there is moderate contact with the former spouse.
The total frequency of contact was assessed over a three month period, and subjects were grouped according to No Contact, Telephone Contact Only and Personal Contact. Eighty-two percent of the children were found to have contact with their non-custodial father once per month or less.
Statistical analysis supported the relationship between marital adjustment and former spouse contact. Pearson Correlation Coefficients revealed a significant relationship between cohesion and marital adjustment. The strongest relationships were found in the husband scores in both cases. The relationship between cohesion and frequency of contact with the former spouse was not statistically significant. No significant difference in variance on cohesion scores was found between groups with No Contact or Personal Contact with the former spouse.
The sample was found to be within the norms (Spanier, 1976) on the marital adjustment measure, and significantly below established norms (Olson et al., 1985) on cohesion.Education, Faculty of
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Knipe, Michael J. "Canon 915 and the exclusion of the divorced and remarried Catholic from reception of the Eucharist." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1989. http://www.tren.com.
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Brown, Susannah Mercedes. "RELIGION AND REMARRIAGE AMONG AMERICAN WOMEN: EVIDENCE FROM THE NATIONAL SURVEY OF FAMILY GROWTH." MSSTATE, 2007. http://sun.library.msstate.edu/ETD-db/theses/available/etd-04092007-140246/.
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Divorce has been and remains a prevalent occurrence in the United States and, while rates are not increasing as they once were, it still remains an extremely common phenomenon. As of the most recent U.S. Census Bureau report on divorce and remarriage, 56% of men and 59% of women ever married have been divorced. Despite these statistics, the vast majority of Americans still value marriage as an institution. This study aims to examine the role religion plays in the propensity and timing of remarriage. Using logistic and OLS regressions, and data pooled from the 1995 and 2002 National Survey of Family Growth, multifaceted effects of denominational subcultures are examined concerning the propensity and timing of remarriage among divorced women. In addition, the linkages between religious salience, religious attendance, and the propensity and timing of remarriage are explored.
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Ames, Megan E. "Parental divorce and students' transition to university : an investigation of gender, timing of divorce, and remarriage /." 2009. http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&res_dat=xri:pqdiss&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:MR51619.
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Thesis (M.A.)--York University, 2009. Graduate Programme in Psychology.Typescript. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 46-52). Also available on the Internet. MODE OF ACCESS via web browser by entering the following URL: http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&res_dat=xri:pqdiss&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:MR51619
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Tsai, Chun-Yu, and 蔡春玉. "The empowerment of mothering:a woman going through marital violence, divorce and remarriage." Thesis, 2010. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/95434978999884776050.
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Abstract This study uses qualitative research methods to inquire into a woman’s experience with marital violence, divorce and remarriage. Through the participant’s narration, I gathered the data for analysis. This study aims to understand her view of motherhood, her mothering practice, the challenges she has faced and how she gets empowered. The result of this study can shed some light on alternative mothering practices, which may contribute to family education in general and to women empowerment in particular. This study shows that: 1. The participant’s different views of motherhood and mothering practice stages are connected with four major elements: family, primary mother, children and self. Regardless of different life experiences, one thing about motherhood that never changes is the bond between her and her child: protecting, sacrificing and tolerating her children; embracing motherhood’s moral values, endless love, and non-abandonment of her children. These traditional motherhood values are passed down from generation to generation. The heritage and reproduction of traditional motherhood value are the cause of social construction and also the effect of social construction. However our participant draws a boundary line of tolerance, which shows that she is not a mother who does not have her autonomy. 2. At the mothering practice section, we discover that: tolerance does not help with the marriage, but only encourages the violence; after the nadir of life, mothers will try to find the strength to start over; mothers who are separated with their children will often want to make up for it, and have to face their children’s disapproval; mothers who are separated with their children for long term often fell powerlessness in their children’s growth. 3. The participant’s different life experiences face the same problem as her own family. It is the family that prevent her mothering practice. The participant’ mothering is greatly influenced by her own family experiences. Because her mother could not become her mentor, she wishes herself to be different from her primary mother. A poor mothering role model makes the participant wish to be a better or be a different mother. 4. The participatant, though struggling in mothering, is empowered to achieve a positive result. This study finds that the victims can change their “fate” after discovering their own strength and motivation so as to transform themselves. But our participant still faces some unsolved issues and cannot avoid feeling isolated when compared to group or organizational empowerment. 5. Women have the power to walk out of their misery, regaining their own identity, and become autonomous women. There is a correlation between family, parent family, children and self in woman’s motherhood, but the role of father does not show much significance in this study. This study also shows that the society has a high expectation of mothers, which makes women become busy and unhappy.
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Schoenfeld, Elizabeth Austin. "Personal history or personality? differences in relationship quality between remarriages and first marriages." Thesis, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/2152/ETD-UT-2010-12-2601.
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The current study is the first to explore how reported reasons for divorce are associated with the emotional climate of subsequent marriages, and if the emotional climate of these relationships is significantly different from that of happy or unhappy first marriages. It also examines whether variations in the emotional climate of marriage are reducible to underlying personality characteristics. These issues were investigated using data from the Texas Baseline Survey on Marriage. Results indicate that there are two types of marriage that end in divorce: those preceded by a highly distressed marriage, and those preceded by a less distressed marriage. Regardless of emotional tenor of the marriage prior to divorce, the emotional climate of remarriages appears to be largely similar to that of happy first marriages and substantially better than that of unhappy first marriages. Although individuals with different relationship histories possess distinct personality profiles, the differences in emotional climate persist after the effects of personality have been taken into account. Overall, these results suggest that accounting for differences among those who have divorced, as well as distinguishing between happy and unhappy first marriages, is important for understanding the affective nature of marriage.text
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Jeynes, William. "Assessing socio-economic theory's explanation for the effects of divorce and remarriage on academic achievement /." 1997. http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&res_dat=xri:pqdiss&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:9720038.
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WU, SHU-YEN, and 吳淑妍. "The Economic Analysis of Women's Divorce and Remarriage in Taiwan -The Application of Proportional Hazards Model." Thesis, 1997. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/94145179433455128438.
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Hudson, Devin Paul. "Covenant as a framework for understanding the primary divorce and remarriage texts in the New Testament." Thesis, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/10392/309.
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This dissertation identifies covenant as a primary framework for understanding marriage in the Bible and the divorce and remarriage texts of the New Testament. Chapter 1 defines the need for such a work and provides a basic overview of the present major positions.
Chapter 2 provides a theology of marriage based upon the biblical principle of covenant and the foundational principles of Genesis 2:24: leave, cleave, and one flesh.
Chapter 3 examines the primary Old Testament texts and their contribution to this discussion. Passages that are examined include Genesis 1-2, Deuteronomy 24:1-4, Malachi 2:10-16, and other pertinent texts. These passages help shape one's understanding of the New Testament teachings on divorce and remarriage.
Chapters 4 and 5 serve as the heart of the work and consider the words of Jesus and Paul on divorce and remarriage. It is argued in these chapters that both Jesus and Paul promote the ideal of lifelong marriage but also allow for divorce when the covenant of marriage is violated. Jesus deals with the "one flesh" aspect of the marriage covenant, and Paul addresses the "leave" and "cleave" elements. When these parameters are obstinately violated, divorce is permitted but not required. It is also important to understand and interpret the words of Jesus and Paul in their historical context, for it is only within this context that we can understand fully what they are teaching.
Chapter 6 is the conclusion and provides an overview of the work as well as some pastoral implications of the research.This item is only available to students and faculty of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. If you are not associated with SBTS, this dissertation may be purchased from http://disexpress.umi.com/dxweb or downloaded through ProQuest's Dissertation and Theses database if your institution subscribes to that service.
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Botha, Johan. "Bybels- etiese beoordeling van egskeiding en hertrou in die Apostoliese Geloof Sending van Suid-Afrika." Thesis, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10210/182.
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In this study the problematic aspect of divorce and remarriage in the christian church is researched. Exceptional emphasis is laid on the policy of the Apostolic Faith Mission of South Africa (hereafter: AFM of SA) in this regard and how it is enforced in practice. Unfortunately we have to face the reality of divorce in the church, and the fact that not only members, but also the pastor can get involved in divorce and remarriage. Up to now the church has not really been able to come to a clear conclusion on the most appropriate way to handle such a situation. The AFM of SA, as well as several other churches prefer to prevent such situations by implementing certain precautionary measures. In this study the relevant problem of divorce and remarriage will be researched using a Biblical-ethical approach. The Bible refrains from giving specific pastoral guidelines to be used by the church and its members in cases of divorce and remarriage. The Pharisees incorrectly interpreted Deut. 24:1-4 that divorce and remarriage is acceptable when a man gives his wife a divorce letter. Jesus however controverts this interpretation in Matt. 5:32 when He says that divorce and remarriage was established due to the hardness of the human hart. The biblical message is rather that God hates divorce (Mal. 2:16). Some exegetes believe that there are two “grounds” on which a person is entitled to a divorce. These “grounds” are based on Matt. 5:31 & 32 when adultery is committed, and according to I Cor. 7:15 when the unbeliever wishes to not continue with the marriage (known as malicious separation). In this study we would like to stress that the Bible does not give any grounds for divorce. One cannot argue that God hates divorce, and then give “grounds” on which divorce is acceptable. Reference is only made to circumstances which destroys a marriage. Such incidents also hold connections with incidents where the marriage is not in honor of God, and leaves space for sin to ruin lives. The marriage is now an instrument in the hand of evil which will consequently lead to more sin. In these last instances a point can be reached where the marriage does not exist in the eyes of God any more, and can be separated lawfully by means of divorce. It is of opinion that divorce should remain as last resort to a broken marriage. Reconciliation should always be the first option. When divorce has taken place, the parties involved may choose to remarry as the previous marriage is ruined before God. If a person, however, should get married while the marriage still exists before the Lord, adultery is being committed. This marriage will be interpreted as a deed of adultery, but it would not be biblical to view such a marriage as a state of adultery. Marriage is therefore not seen as something which can’t be annulled, as opposed to the Roman Catholic Church, who views marriage as a sacrament. Marriage is not an absolute establishment, and can break up under certain circumstances. In this study we found that different religions, Christian and non-christian, have diverse views about marriage, divorce and remarriage. Most Christian religions uphold monogamous marriages – a lifelong binding between one man and one woman. Non-christians such as the Muslims believe in polygamous marriages where a man is allowed to marry four wifes at any given stage. Divorce is viewed as “allowable” on certain grounds by most religions. The Roman Catholic Church, as mentioned, differs in that the marriage is viewed as unbreakable. Nowadays an annulment is granted easier which allows remarriage to occur more often. In case of the AFM of SA, there are no clear guidelines on how divorce of a congregation member or pastor should be handled. Direction in this regard is however given by knowledgeable persons in the church. In earlier days, strict - mostly undocumented - guidelines have been followed in handling divorce and remarriage cases of pastors in the AFM. The person was found guilty because of his divorce status and was asked to resign from the ministry. In later years cases were handled on merit. Policies were enforced by means of disciplinary action following a church court’s ruling. Due to churches being reluctant to discipline members getting divorced and / or remarried, it seems as if members perceived divorce not as a serious sin, and to justify their act. The “guilty” party must be disciplined. The innocent party must be allowed to continue with his/her service in the ministry. The Bible teaches us that after sin was confessed to God, He unconditionally forgives and removes our sins, and never thinks about it ever again (1 John 1:9; Psalm 103:12). Divorce however, is perceived by the church to be a bigger sin and that divorced persons are second hand christians. This is especially true in case of a divorced church leader. Although the church, and specifically the AFM, strives to implement an acceptable policy relating to divorce and remarriage, most churches have not investigated the fundamental theory as yet. It seems as if churches are sensitive in compiling, or can not reach consensus on the theory. The AFM has a basic course called “Ethics – Divorce & Remarriage” being presented by Dr. F.P. Möller (jnr) in their Theological Seminary. The researcher of this study is a pastor in the AFM of SA who has experienced divorce and remarriage himself. The way the case was treated by the church and colleagues proved that the church did not follow biblical guidelines in dealing with a divorced pastor. His experience motivated him to conduct the mentioned study. The church should pick-up, and care for divorced members (in a biblical sense) as the good Samaritan or the shepherd leaving 99 sheep to search for 1 missing one to pick him up and caringly bring him back to the flock. The study is concluded with a theory that can be used by the AFM of SA.Dr. F.P. Moller
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Shemsanga, Eberhard Ngugi. "Divorce and remarriage among the Shambala Christians : the pastoral response of the church; Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania, north eastern Diocese, southern district." Thesis, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/10413/2097.
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This dissertation critically reflects the problem of divorce and remarriage within the North Eastern diocese of the Lutheran Church in Tanzania. A problem which has become rampant in the whole church. The situation became apparent to me as I was ministering in different parishes in the area of the research for five years. Divorcees are not accorded the full membership in the church because of their divorce status.Their failed marriages and criticism from church members makes them feel out of place in their own churches. They feel desperate, tending towards a sense of personal failure. The Shambala traditional customs whereby divorcees and/or remarried people are looked upon as outcasts make things even worse. Divorcees, makomanyumba 1., have no place in the Shambala Christian community. The goal of this dissertation therefore is to address divorcees' crisis through counselling. Many of these people are members of the church. I feel the church needs to face the biggest challenge to alleviate divorcees' crisis through counselling. I believe sincere pastoral care and counselling within the Lutheran Church in Tanzania will bring about healing, support, reconciliation and restoration of the hurt and deprived people, in this sense, the divorcees. Estardt (1997) believes that pastoral support is one of the services that persons committed to the church have the right to expect. He sees pastoral counselling as a relationship in which the minister assists the client in dealing with the difficulties, frustrations and tragedies of life. It is for this sense a new model of pastoral care and counselling is suggested for whole church. The model in which pastors in parishes are not the only solitary sources of counselling. The new model suggests that both trained and untrained laity is a good source for pastoral care and counselling. If these sources are fully utilised in parishes, a minister's counselling work might well be assisted, enhanced and improved by the parishioners. Referral counselling is also suggested in the new model.1.Makomanyumba - plural, divorcees. Komanyumba- singular, a divorcee.Thesis (M.Th.)-University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, 2004
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Binder-Wüstiner, Beatrice 1958. "Überbrückung der Kluft zwischen normativer Ethik und dem Grundprinzip der Gnade mit Bezugnahme auf Scheidung und Wiederheirat innerhalb der christlichen Kirchen und Gemeinschaften." Diss., 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/8608.
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German textDie vorliegende Arbeit schlägt eine Brücke über den Graben zwischen dem normativ-ethischen Anspruch an die Lebenslänglichkeit einer Ehe und Gottes gnädigem Handeln gegenüber dem scheiternden Menschen. Anhand des Umgangs der Kirchen und Glaubensgemeinschaften mit Ehescheidung und Wiederheirat wird dieser Graben aufgezeigt. Es ergibt sich, dass die bestehende Spannung jeweils durch die einseitige Betonung von Norm oder Gnade aufgelöst wird. Die Grundlage für die Diskussion bilden das massgebende Eheverständnis sowie die Bestimmung des Verhältnisses zwischen theologischer Ethik und dem Konzept der Gnade als Handlungsprinzip Gottes. Darum werden in dieser Forschungsarbeit zuerst die theologiegeschichtlich gewachsenen Eheverständnisse und die unterschiedlichen Normen- und Gnadenverständnisse der römisch katholischen Kirche, der evangelischen Kirchen und der evangelikalen Gemeinschaften in Bezug auf den Umgang mit Scheidung und Wiederheirat untersucht. Aufgrund der herausgearbeiteten Übereinstimmungen und Unterschiede wird anschliessend anhand eines von der Vergebung ausgehenden Denkansatzes der Graben zwischen normativer Ethik und dem Konzept der Gnade überbrückt, die Spannung aber nicht aufgehoben. Daraus werden mögliche Auswirkungen im Umgang mit Scheidung und Wiederheirat für die Kirchen und Gemeinschaften abgeleitet.
The present thesis bridges the gap between the normative-ethical standard of lifelong marriage on the one hand and God’s grace for men‘s failures on the other hand. Considering the practices of churches and communities with regard to divorce and remarriage, this gap is demonstrated. It is found that the associated tension is eliminated by an unilateral choice of either the normative aspect or the principle of grace. The basis for the discussion is provided by the relevant understanding of marriage and the determination of the relationship between theological ethics and grace as the principle of God's action towards mankind. Therefore, this thesis investigates the evolution of the theological understanding of marriage during history and the different understandings of norms and grace in the Catholic Church, the Protestant Church and the Evangelical Free Communities with regard to their handling of divorce and remarriage. Considering the resulting similarities and differences, I propose – building on the fact of God’s forgiveness – how to bridge the gap between normative ethics and the concept of grace without eliminating the obvious tension. Finally, possible consequences for how to handle divorce and remarriage by churches and communities are drawn.
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Botha, Carolina Stephanusina. "Reconstructing rainbows in a remarried family : narratives of a diverse group of female adolescents 'doing family' after divorce." Thesis, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/986.
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This research journey investigated the ways in which (1) the lives of adolescents have been influenced by parental divorce and subsequent remarriage, (2) exploring the relationships participants have with biological, nonresidential fathers and (3) to collaboratively present ways of doing family in alternative.
Four adolescent girls took part in group conversations where they could were empowered to have their voices heard in a society where they are usually marginalized and silenced. As a result of these conversations a family game, FunFam, was developed that aimed to assist families in expanding communication within the family.
Normalizing prescriptive discourses about divorce and remarriage were deconstructed to offer participants the opportunity to re-author their stories about their families. The second part of the research journey explored the problem-saturated stories that these four participants had with their biological, nonresidential fathers. They deconstructed the discourses that influenced this relationship and redefined the relationship to suit their expectations and wishes.Practical Theology
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Hutton, Karmen. "The experiences of stepmothers of non-residential stepchildren." Diss., 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/18702.
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This study explored the experiences of stepmothers of non-residential stepchildren,
using a phenomenological approach and qualitative exploratory design. Participants were recruited in the Gauteng area through purposive sampling. Thematic analysis was used to analyse the information. The findings of this study indicate the following: the participants, in their role as stepmothers of non-residential stepchildren, experienced various challenges that were very stressful, especially during the early stages of stepfamily formation. The lack of acknowledgement of the stepmothers’ dedication to their stepchildren, as well as conflicting rules concerning how to care for the children, caused distress for the participants. Support from their partners, as well as improved stepfamily relationships over time, were acknowledged as contributing factors to the participants’ continued commitment to their stepfamilies. Further research on stepmothers of non-residential stepchildren is recommendedPsychology
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Okonji, Emeka Francis. "Assessing the impact of HIV/AIDS on the remarriage rate of widows and divorced in South Africa using Agincourt community as a case study." Thesis, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10539/6787.
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This paper reviews the remarriage pattern of widows and divorcees (both male and
female) within the context of HIV/AIDS in South Africa. Using retrospectively reported
data based on a sample of 7535 respondents whom their previous marriage had
already ended in Agincourt community. Analysis was done at the three levels,
descriptive, bivariate and multivariate levels. The bivariate level employed the Kaplan-
Meier curve as well as Cox regression. The multivariate level employed the Cox
regression analysis.
The results show a slightly higher proportion for divorcees than widows (52% and 48%
respectively) and that widows are less likely to remarry than divorcees. In addition,
higher proportion of widows than widowers was observed, suggesting higher male
mortality in this community. The analysis also reveals that widows are less likely to
remarry than widowers. Furthermore, analysis of remarriage by end type of previous
marriage and sex was done and the result discussed. Finally, an analysis of male and
female widows whose spouses died of AIDS as opposed to those whose spouses died
of non-AIDS related causes was done and result the result suggest that there is no
relationship between partner dying of AIDS and remarriage.
In conclusion, existing prevention campaigns usually targeted individuals with multiple
sexual partners, identifying them as the link between high-risk behavior and high-risk
groups, but neglected the importance of individuals whose partner died or were
divorced because of AIDS who later remarry. Although, the small sample size for those
whose cause of death were reported constrained the main analysis for this study.
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However, a need for further investigation into the impact of remarriage of widows and
divorced when there is sufficient data on cause of death.
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Gonçalves, Luís Fernando Delindro. "A fragilidade da família pode humanizar a Igreja : uma leitura a partir de 1Cor 7." Master's thesis, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.14/31535.
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O matrimónio e a família são algo querido e desejado pela Igreja e inscrito no projeto dos Génesis. Contudo, também esta realidade está atingida pela fragilidade. Em 1Cor 7 Paulo dirige-se a uma comunidade onde, por vários motivos, a família experimentava sérias dificuldades. Neste capítulo paulino, sem descurar outros textos incontornáveis da literatura bíblica, podemos encontrar fundamentação para uma reflexão sobre desafios atuais, tais como a fragilidade da separação e do divórcio. Assim, este estudo aborda o privilégio paulino, apresentado no Código de Direito Canónico, bem como contributos de Andrea Grillo e Walter Kasper aquando dos Sínodos de 2014 e 2015. Aborda-se a Amoris Laetitia, destacando o seu capítulo 8 com a questão dos fiéis divorciados recasados. Por fim, faz-se referência ao recente documento da Comissão Teológica Internacional acerca da relação entre fé e sacramentos.Marriage and family are something dear and desired by the Church and inscribed in the Genesis project. However, this reality is also affected by fragility. In 1Cor 7 Paul goes to a community where, for various reasons, families were experiencing serious difficulties. In this pauline chapter, without neglecting other essential texts of the biblical literature, we can find a basis for reflecting on current challenges, such as the fragility of separation and divorce. Thus, this study addresses the pauline privilege, presented in the Code of Canon Law, as well as contributions by Andrea Grillo and Walter Kasper at the Synods of 2014 and 2015. Amoris Laetitia is addressed, highlighting its chapter 8 with the question of the faithful remarried divorcees. Finally, a reference is made to the recent document of the International Theological Commission on the relationship between faith and sacraments.
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Kim, Bunyoung. "Adolescents in remarried families : a pastoral-narrative approach." Thesis, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/28393.
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In general, adolescence is regarded as a period of growth between childhood and maturity. Children in this phase undergo a so-called developmental stage of the human life cycle. Consequently, family circumstances are of great importance. Adolescents in South African remarried families go through diverse and dynamic experiences with regard to forms of family or family types: biological families, single parent families, and remarried families. In social discourse, a biological family is widely believed to be the optimal set of circumstances for children, whereas a single parent family and a remarried family lack proper support for children. Is this true? Are the circumstances of adolescents in a remarried family an obstacle to their growth? The main purpose of this research was not to gather data about adolescents in remarried families and to add such data, but to understand adolescents’ stories in greater depth. With this in-depth understanding, this research attempts to bring together the outcomes of their told stories (local knowledge) and their community and the academic world. To do this, two main characters from remarried families joined the research project and the voices of two schoolteachers were included. In order to obviate probable biases on the part of the researcher, the two teachers took on the role of a reflection team. In unstructured conversational interviews, the researcher adopted a pastoral narrative approach, in accordance with a social constructionist perspective.Thesis (PhD (Practical Theology))--University of Pretoria, 2008.
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