marriage, families & spirituality

BOOK REVIEWS

published since 2024

Below is a list of all book reviews, in alphabetical order by author, that have been published in Marriage, Families & Spirituality since vol. 30 (2024).

For the list of books that have been reviewed before 2024, click here.

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AFZAL, Saima / STIEBERT, Johanna:  Marriage, Bible, Violence: Intersections and Impacts,  Milton, NY:  Routledge, 2024. -  89 (Michael Tilly, Tübingen in: Marriage, Families & Spirituality 31/1 (2025)

AKHTAR, Rajnaara / NASH, Patrick / PROBERT, Rebecca:  Cohabitation and Religious Marriage: Status, Similarities and Solutions,  Bristol: Bristol University Press,  2020.-  XII, 176 (Jayaseelan SAVARIARPITCHAI, Rome in: Marriage, Families & Spirituality 30/2 (2024)

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BALFOUR, Andrew / CLULOW, Christopher / THOMPSON, Kate (eds.): Engaging Couples : New Directions in Therapeutic Work with Families, London: Routledge, 2019. -  XXVIII, 214 (Pui-ling Chau, Hong Kong in: Marriage, Families & Spirituality 30/1 (2024)

BECKER, Mathias:  Ehe, Familie und Agamie: Die Begründung von Lebensformen angesichts gesellschaftlicher Pluralität im Neuen Testament und Heute,  Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2024. -  VII, 239 (Michael Tilly, Tübingen in: Marriage, Families & Spirituality 31/1 (2025)

BENEKER, Jeffrey / TSOUVALA, Georgia (eds.): The Discourse of Marriage in the Greco-Roman World, Madison, WI:  University of Wisconsin Press, 2020. -  X, 269 (Michael Tilly, Tübingen in: Marriage, Families & Spirituality 30/1 (2024)

BERGER, Klaus: Ehe und Himmelreich : Frau und Mann im Urchristentum, Freiburg i. Br.: Herder Verlag,  2019. -  304 (Gisbert Greshake, Freiburg i.Br. in: Marriage, Families & Spirituality 30/1 (2024)

BØGGILD JOHANNSEN, Kristine / PETERSEN, Jane Hjarl (eds.): Family Lives : Aspects of Life and Death in Ancient Families, Copenhagen: Museum Tusculanum Press, 2019. - 341 (Petri Assenga, Nairobi in: Marriage, Families & Spirituality 30/1 (2024)

BOGNER, Daniel: Liebe kann nicht scheitern: Welche Sexualmoral braucht das 21. Jahrhundert?: Freiburg: Herder Verlag,  2024.- 191 (Tim Zeelen, Augsburg in: Marriage, Families & Spirituality 31/1 (2025)

BRAUNSCHWEIG, Michael / NOTH, Isabelle / TANNER, Mathias (Hg.):  Gleichgeschlechtliche Liebe und die Kirchen: Zum Umgang mit homosexuellen Partnerschaften, Zürich:  TVZ, 2021. -  188 (Gerhard Schreiber, Darmstadt in: Marriage, Families & Spirituality 30/2 (2024)

BREMER, Jörg (Hg.): Ein Kelch für zwei: Zur ökumenischen Debatte um die Kommunion bei konfessionsverbindenden Paaren, Ostfildern: Verlagsgruppe Patmos,  2019. -  192 (Rainer Gottschalg , Bonn in: Marriage, Families & Spirituality 30/1 (2024)

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CAVAGNARI, Gustavo: La famiglia "Chiesa Domestica": Soggetto e oggetto dell'azione evangelizzatrice al servizio del regno di Dio ,  Rome: Libreria Ateneo Salesiana,  2015. -  256 (Julian Paparella, Rome in: Marriage, Families & Spirituality 30/2 (2024)

CLIFTON, Bruno J.:  Family and Identity in the Book of Judges (Studies in Cultural Contexts of the Bible,  7), Leiden:  Brill,  2021. -  225 (Heinz-Dieter Neef, Tübingen in: Marriage, Families & Spirituality 31/1 (2025)

CLINES, David J.A.: "Play the Man! Biblical Imperatives to Masculinity (Hebrew Bible Monographs, 103), Sheffield: Phoenix Press,  2023. -  X, 266 (Michael Tilly, Tübingen in: Marriage, Families & Spirituality 31/1 (2025)

CONWAY, Eamonn / DUFFY, Eugene / McDaid Mary: The Synodal Pathway: When Rhetoric meets Reality, Dublin: Columba Books, 2022. -  220 (Angela McCarthy, Fremantle, Australia in: Marriage, Families & Spirituality 31/1 (2025)

 

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D'ANSELME, Marc: L'amour durable: Joie et mythes de l'amour conjugal,  Paris: Artège, 2024. -  299 (Alain Mattheeuws, Namur in: Marriage, Families & Spirituality 31/1 (2025)

DAVIS, Rebecca L. / MITCHELL, Michele (eds.): Heterosexual Histories,  New York: New York University Press, 2021. -  VI, 418 (John A. Dick, Leuven) in: Marriage, Families & Spirituality 31/1 (2025)

DAVIDSON, Joanna / HANNAFORD, Dinah (eds.): Opting Out: Women Messing with Marriage around the World, New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 2023. -  245 (Rocio Figueroa, Auckland, New Zealand in: Marriage, Families & Spirituality 31/1 (2025)

DEL MISSIER, Giovanni / MASSARO, Roberto / CONTINI, Paolo: Per il bene possibile della coppia: Sessualità, dilemmi etici e vita reale,  Bologna:  Dehoniane,  2019. -  144 (Giulia Paola Di Nicola, Teramo in: Marriage, Families & Spirituality 30/1 (2024)

de SAINT AUBERT, Hélène: Sexuation, parité et nuptialité dans le second récit de la Création (Genèse 2) (Lectio divina, 282), Paris:  Editions du Cerf,  2023. -  186 (Bertrand Dumas, Strasbourg in: Marriage, Families & Spirituality 31/1 (2025)

DICASTERE POUR LES LAÏCS, LA FAMILLE ET LA VIE: Itinéraires catéchuménaux pour la vie conjugale; Préface du Pape François,  Perpignan:  Artège, 2023. -  110 (Christian Mignonat, Lyon in: Marriage, Families & Spirituality 30/2 (2024)

DIEFENBACH, Stefan / LANG-RACHOR, Lucia / WALBELDER, David / WOLF, Barbara (Hg.): Paare.Riten. Kirche: Wenn eine katholische Trauung nicht möglich ist: liturgische Beispiele gesammelt und kommentiert, Paderborn: Bonifatius,  2020. -  235 (Martina Kreidler-Kos, Osnabrück in: Marriage, Families & Spirituality 30/2 (2024)

DOCKERY, David S. / STONESTREET, John (eds.): Life, Marriage, and Religious Liberty : What Belongs to God, What Belongs to Caesar – Essays for the Tenth Anniversary of The Manhattan Declaration, New York-Nashville: Post Hill Press, 2019. -  XXII, 202 (Petri Assenga, Nairobi in: Marriage, Families & Spirituality 30/1 (2024)

DURGIN, Celina / JOHNSON, Dru (eds.): The Biblical World of Gender: The Daily Lives of Ancient Women and Men,  Eugene, OR:  Cascade Books,  2022. -  XX, 133 (Michael Tilly, Tübingen in: Marriage, Families & Spirituality 31/1 (2025)

 

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ENGH, Line Cecilie (ed.): The Symbolism of Marriage in Early Christianity and the Latin Middle Ages: Images, Impact, Cognition, Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press,  2019. -  354 (David Dawson Vásquez, Rome in: Marriage, Families & Spirituality 30/1 (2024)

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FELDHAUS, Michael / SCHLEGEL, Monika: Familiensoziologie,  Baden-Baden: Nomos,  2023. -  222 (Richard Hartmann, Bensheim in: Marriage, Families & Spirituality 30/2 (2024)

FISCHER, Veronika / GEBERT, Bärbel / KRUSE, Elke et al.: Didaktik der Familienbildung (Kindheitspädagogik und Familienbildung 7), Frankfurt/Main: Wochenschau,  2024. - 355 (Patrik C. Höring, Trier in: Marriage, Families & Spirituality 30/2 (2024)

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GEIGER, Dominik: Gravis Necessitas Spiritualis: Überlegungen zum Recht des Empfangs der Eucharistie durch nichtkatholische Christen in der katholischen Kirche (Mainzer Beiträge zu Kirchen- und Religionsrecht; 8), Würzburg: Echter,  2021. -  119 (Gisbert Greshake, Wien - Freiburg i.Br. in: Marriage, Families & Spirituality 31/1 (2025)

GELLER, Jaclyn: Moving Past Marriage: Why We Should Ditch Marital Privilege, End Relationship-Status Discrimination, and Embrace Non-marital History, Hoboken, NJ: Cleis Press,  2023. -  373 (Ray Temmerman, Winnipeg, Canada in: Marriage, Families & Spirituality 30/2 (2024)

GLAHN, Sandra / BARNES, C. Gary (eds.): Sanctified Sexuality: Valuing Sex in an Oversexed World,  Grand Rapids, MI: Kregel,  2020. -  407 (David Dawson Vasquez, Rome in: Marriage, Families & Spirituality 30/2 (2024)

GRAYBILL, Rhiannon / HUBER, Lynn R. (eds.): The Bible, Gender, and Sexuality: Critical Readings,  London:  Bloomsbury,  2021. -  VIII, 393 (Patricia M. McDonald, London in: Marriage, Families & Spirituality 31/1 (2025)

GRILLO, Andrea:  Cattolicesimo e (omo)sessualità: Sapienza teologica e benedizione rituale,  Brescia: Scholé-Morcelliana,  2022. -  224 (Francesco Pesce, Treviso in: Marriage, Families & Spirituality 30/2 (2024)

 

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HARTMANN, Lisa:  Eine Lobby für Familien?: Interessenvertretung und Lobbyarbeit durch Familienverbände im politischen System der Bundesrepublik Deutschland,  Darmstadt: wbg Academic, 2023. -  470 (Marion Bayerl, Ingolstadt in: Marriage, Families & Spirituality 30/2 (2024)

HATFIELD, Elaine / RAPSON, Richard L. / PURVIS, Jeanette: What's Next in Love and Sex: Psychological and Cultural Perspectives,  New York: Oxford University Press,  2020, -  283 (Frederick Parrella, Santa Clara, CA in: Marriage, Families & Spirituality 30/2 (2024)

HEEREMAN, Nina S.:  "Behold King Solomon on the Day of his Wedding": A Symbolic-Diachronic Reading of Song 3,6-11 and 4,12-5,1 (Bibliotheca Ephemeridum Theologicarum Lovaniensium, 320),  Leuven: Peeters, 2021. -  XXVIII, 975 (Michael Tilly, Tübingen in: Marriage, Families & Spirituality 31/1 (2025)

HENDERSON, Aneeka Ayanna: Veil and Vow: Marriage Matters in Contemporary African American Culture, Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press,  2020. -  222 (John A. Dick, Leuven in: Marriage, Families & Spirituality 30/2 (2024)

HELSEL, Carolyn B. / PARK, Song-Mi Suzie: The Flawed Family of God: Stories about the Imperfect Families in Genesis, Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox Press, 2021. -  IX, 146 (Gustavo Cavagnari, Rome in: Marriage, Families & Spirituality 31/1 (2025)

HILPERT, Konrad / SAUTERMEISTER, Jochen (Hg.): Kirchliche Sexualmoral vor dem Abgrund?: Theologische Perspektiven zum Synodalen Weg (Katholizismus im Urbruch, 16), Freiburg: Herder Verlag,  2023. - 243 (Thomas Knieps-Port le Roi, Leuven in: Marriage, Families & Spirituality 31/1 (2025)

HORSCH, Silvia / KISI, Melahat / KLAUSING, Kathrin / ABDEL-RAHMAN, Annett: Der Islam und die Geschlechterfrage: Theologische, gesellschaftliche, historische und praktische Aspekte einer Debatte, Berlin: Peter Lang, 2019. -  296 (Geert Faseur, Antwerpen in: Marriage, Families & Spirituality 30/1 (2024)

HU, Julie Xuemei / NASH, Shondrah Tarrezz: Marriage and the Family : Mirror of a Diverse Global Society, 1st Edition, New York-London:  Routledge, 2019. -  766 (Ray Temmerman, Winnipeg, MB in: Marriage, Families & Spirituality 30/2 (2024)

HYLAND, Lucy:  Marital Separation in Contemporary Ireland: Women’s Experiences, Oxford: Peter Lang, 2016. - XII, 229 (Elizabeth Butterfield, Wolverhampton, UK in: Marriage, Families & Spirituality 30/1 (2024)

HYLEN, Susan E.: Finding Phoebe: What New Testament Women Were Really Like,  Grand Rapids, MI:  Eerdmans,  2023. -  X, 188 (Michael Tilly, Tübingen in: Marriage, Families & Spirituality 31/1 (2025)

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ILAN, Tal / MIRALLES-MACIA, Lorena / NIKOLSKY, Ronit  (Hg.):  Rabbinische Literatur (Die Bibel und die Frauen – Jüdische Auslegung; 4.1), Stuttgart: Kohlhammer, 2021. -  394 (Michael Tilly, Tübingen in: Marriage, Families & Spirituality 31/1 (2025)

 

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JOHNSON, Benjamin Luke, OFM cap The Embodiment of Charity: Bonaventure on the Eucharist and Marriage,  St. Bonaventure, NY: Franciscan Institute Publications,  2023. -  302 (Gregory F. LaNave, Washington, DC in: Marriage, Families & Spirituality 31/1 (2025)

 

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KAHOLA TABU, Olivier:  Célébrer son mariage à Lubumbashi: Mutations des cérémonies matrimoniales,  Paris: Editions l'Harmattan, 2023. -  174 (Balthazar Ntenge SJ, Nairobi in: Marriage, Families & Spirituality 31/1 (2025)

KELLY, Michael Bernard: Christian Mysticism’s Queer Flame: Spirituality in the Lives of Contemporary Gay Men, London: Routledge, 2019. -  XII, 243 (John A. Dick, Leuven in: Marriage, Families & Spirituality 30/2 (2024)

KÜGLER, Joachim: Sexualität – Macht – Religion: Zeitreisen ins Bermuda-Dreieck menschlicher Existenz, Würzburg: Echter,  2021. -  128 (Richard Hartmann, Fulda in: Marriage, Families & Spirituality 31/1 (2025)

 

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LEE, Dorothy A.: The Ministry of Women in the New Testament: Reclaiming the Biblical Vision for Church Leadership, Grand Rapids, MI:  Baker Academic Press,  2021. -  XIV, 226 (Michael Tilly, Tübingen in: Marriage, Families & Spirituality 31/1 (2025)

LEMONS, Katherine: Divorcing Traditions : Islamic Marriage Law and the Making of Indian Secularism, Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2019. - X, 232 (Thou Ngaoni, Leuven) in: Marriage, Families & Spirituality 30/1 (2024)

LEVERING, Matthew: Engaging the Doctrine of Marriage: Human Marriage as the Image and Sacrament of the Marriage of God and Creation, Eugene, OR: Cascade Books,  2020. -  XVI, 301 (Christopher M. O'Brien, Hyattsville, MD in: Marriage, Families & Spirituality 30/2 (2024)

LINDEMANN, Danielle J.: Commuter Spouses : New Families in a Changing World, Ithaca, NY: ILR Press,  2019. - X, 182 (Celia Y.S. Tsui, Hong Kong in: Marriage, Families & Spirituality 30/1 (2024)

LOADER, William R. G.:  Sex, Then & Now: Sexualities and the Bible,  Eugene, OR:  Cascade Books,  2022. -  IX, 135 (Michael Tilly, Tübingen in: Marriage, Families & Spirituality 31/1 (2025)

LOADER, William R. G.:  Sexuality and Gender: Collected Essays (Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament; 458), Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2021. - IX, 463 (Michael Tilly, Tübingen in: Marriage, Families & Spirituality 31/1 (2025)

LÖHNIG, Martin (Hg): Kulturkampf um die Ehe: Reform des europäischen Eherechts nach dem Großen Krieg, Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2021. - VIII, 522 (Rémy Lebrun, Berne-Fribourg in: Marriage, Families & Spirituality 30/1 (2024)

LÜDECKE, Norbert:  Die Täuschung: Haben Katholiken die Kirche, die sie verdienen?, Darmstadt: Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, 2021. -  304 (Gisbert Greshake, Wien - Freiburg i.Br. in: Marriage, Families & Spirituality 31/1 (2025)

 

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McBRIEN, Julie / MOORS, Annelies (eds.): Muslim Marriage and Non-Marriage: Where Religion and Politics Meet Intimate Life, Leuven: Leuven University Press, 2023. -  343 (Deniz Aktaş, Amsterdam in: Marriage, Families & Spirituality 31/1 (2025)

McGRATH, James F.: What Jesus learned from Women,  Eugene, OR:  Cascade Books,  2021. -  311 (Michael Tilly, Tübingen in: Marriage, Families & Spirituality 31/1 (2025)

 

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NAVE-HERZ, Rosemarie: Die Ehe in Deutschland: Eine soziologische Analyse über Wandel, Kontinuität und Zukunft, Opladen-Berlin-Toronto:  Barbara Budrich,  2022. -  191 (Thomas Knieps-Port le Roi, Leuven in: Marriage, Families & Spirituality 31/1 (2025)

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OLSON, Glen W. / BRUSSEL-ROGERS, Terry L.: Fifty Years of Polyamory in America: A Guided Tour of a Growing Movement, Lanham, MD:  Rowman & Littlefield,  2022. -  XIII, 148 (John A. Dick, Leuven) in: Marriage, Families & Spirituality 31/1 (2025)

ORTIZ, Miguel A. (a cura di): La missione evangelizzatrice della famiglia, Roma: Edusc,  2024. - 112 (Sneha Pallickel, Lugano in: Marriage, Families & Spirituality 30/2 (2024)

 

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PALAZZO, Nausica: Legal Recognition of Non-Conjugal Families: New Frontiers in Family Law in the US, Canada and Europe,  Oxford: Hart Publishing, 2021. -  248 (John A. Dick, Leuven in: Marriage, Families & Spirituality 30/2 (2024)

PAGE, Sarah-Jane / YIP, Andrew K.T. (eds.): Intersecting Religion and Sexuality: Sociological Perspectives,  Leiden:  Brill,  2021.-  X, 253 (Jayaseelan SAVARIARPITCHAI, Roma in: Marriage, Families & Spirituality 31/1 (2025)

PAPER, Jordan: Chinese Religion and Familism: The Basis of Chinese Culture, Society and Government, London:  Bloomsbury Academic,  2020. -  XIV, 181 (Marco Lazzarotti, Heidelberg in: Marriage, Families & Spirituality 31/1 (2025)

PERRY, Armon R.: Black Love Matters: Authentic Men's Voices on Marriages and Romantic Relationships, Lanham, MD:  Lexington,  2020. -  175 (Ray Temmerman, Winnipeg, Canada in: Marriage, Families & Spirituality 31/1 (2025)

POROBIC, Selma / BLITZ, Brad K. (eds.): Forced Migration, Gender and Wellbeing: The Long-Term Effects of Displacement on Women, Cheltenham - Northampton, MA Edward Elgar, 2023. -  XVIII, 259 (Philip Lane, Leuven in: Marriage, Families & Spirituality 31/1 (2025)

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RECZEK, Rin / BOSLEY-SMITH, Emma: Families We Keep: LGBTQ People and Their Enduring Bonds with Parents,  New York, NY: New York University Press, 2022. -  VIII, 211 (Jason Steidl, New York in: Marriage, Families & Spirituality 30/1 (2024)

ROUILLARD, Linda Marie: Medieval Considerations of Incest, Marriage, and Penance, Cham: Palgrave Macmillan,  2020, -  VIII, 303 (Nicholas Paxton, Manchester in: Marriage, Families & Spirituality 31/1 (2025)

 

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SACHS ZION, Noam: Sanctified Sex: The Two-Thousand-Year Jewish Debate on Marital Intimacy, Philadelphia, PA: The Jewish Publication Society,  2021. -  613 (Gideon Weitzman & Binyamin David, Jerusalem in: Marriage, Families & Spirituality 31/1 (2025)

SCHMIEGELT, Christophe: Die historische Entwicklung der Eheverbote wegen Verwandtschaft und Schwägerschaft vom Reichspersonenstandsgesetz bis zum Eheschließungsrechtsgesetz (1875 bis 1998) (Schriften zur Rechtsgeschichte 210 ), Berlin:  Duncker & Humblot,  2023. -  388 (Rémy Lebrun, Berne/Fribourg in: Marriage, Families & Spirituality 30/2 (2024)

SCHNEIDER, Anne / SCHNEIDER, Nikolaus: Vom Leben und Sterben: Ein Ehepaar diskutiert über Sterbehilfe, Tod und Ewigkeit, im Gespräch mit Wolfgang Thielmann, Neukirchen-Vluyn: Neukirchener Verlagsgesellschaft,  2019. -  153 (Julia van der Linde, Bochum in: Marriage, Families & Spirituality 30/1 (2024)

SCHNEIDER, Norbert F. / KREYENFELD, Michaela (eds.): Research Handbook on the Sociology of the Family,  Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 2021. -  451 (Sahayadas Fernando, Rome in: Marriage, Families & Spirituality 31/1 (2025)

SCHREIBER, Stefan / HUBER, Konrad / SCHMIDT, Karl M.  (Hg.): Geschlecht, Sexualität, Ehe: Sondierungen im Neuen Testament (Quaestiones disputatae, 327), Freiburg: Herder Verlag,  2023. -  256 (Michael Tilly, Tübingen in: Marriage, Families & Spirituality 31/1 (2025)

SILL, Bernhard / KNIEPS-PORT LE ROI, Thomas (Hg.):  Vom Glück der Freundschaft,  St. Ottilien: EOS Verlag,  2020. - 603 (Kristina Kieslinger, Waldkirch in: Marriage, Families & Spirituality 30/2 (2024)

SMITH, Christian / RITZ, Bridget / ROTOLO, Michael: Religious Parenting : Transmitting Faith and Values in Contemporary America, Princeton, NJ:  Princeton University Press,  2019. -  299 (Sahayadas Fernando, Rome in: Marriage, Families & Spirituality 30/2 (2024)

SMITH, Paul Aidan:  Intimate Diversity: An Anglican Practical Theology of Interreligious Marriage, Leiden:  Brill,  2021. -  XIII, 251 (Adrian Thatcher, Plymouth in: Marriage, Families & Spirituality 31/1 (2025)

STANLEY, Heather: Sex and the Married Girl: Heterosexual Marriage and the Body in Postwar Canada,  Toronto, ON:  University of Toronto Press,  2023. -  219 (Ray Temmerman, Winnipeg, Canada in: Marriage, Families & Spirituality 31/1 (2025)

STRNAD, Maximilian:  Privileg Mischehe?: Handlungsräume »jüdisch versippter« Familien 1933-1949,  Göttingen, Wallstein,  2021. -  512 (Rafael Starnitzky, Rome in: Marriage, Families & Spirituality 31/1 (2025)

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THEUKE, Theresia: Der Embryo und die Menschenwürde : Der Wandel des Menschenwürdebegriffes im Kontext bioethischer Debatten, [The Embryo and Human Dignity: Changing Notions of Human Dignity in the Context of Bioethical Debates], (Wertewandel im 20. Jahrhundert; 4), Berlin-Boston, MA:  Walter de Gruyter,  2019. -  375 (Julia van der Linde, Bochum in: Marriage, Families & Spirituality 30/1 (2024)

TODD PETERS, Rebecca / KAMITSUKA, Margaret D. (eds.):  Abortion and Religion: Jewish, Christian, and Muslim Perspectives,  London:  T & T Clark,  2023. -  XV, 452 (Patrick Lindermüller, Augsburg in: Marriage, Families & Spirituality 31/1 (2025)

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VITZ, Paul C. (ed.): The Complimentarity of Men and Women: Philosophy, Theology, Psychology, and Art,  Washington, DC: Catholic University of America Press, 2021. -  XII, 243 (Adrian Thatcher, Plymouth in: Marriage, Families & Spirituality 30/2 (2024)

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WADHWA, Toolika: Negotiating Identity and Religion : Young Adults in Inter-religious Families, Oxford: Routledge, 2020. -  XXII, 261 (Wendy M. Louis, Singapore in: Marriage, Families & Spirituality 30/2 (2024)

WALSHE, Sebastian: Understanding Marriage & Family: A Catholic Perspective,  Waterloo, ON: Arouca Press, 2020. -  XVI, 206 (Randall Woodard, Dade City, FL in: Marriage, Families & Spirituality 30/2 (2024)

WEINANDY, Thomas G. (ed.): Faith and the Sacraments: A Commentary on the International Theological Commission's: The reciprocity of Faith and Sacraments in the Sacramental Economy, Washington: Catholic University of America Press, 2022. -  IX, 190 (Tom McLean, Leuven in: Marriage, Families & Spirituality 30/2 (2024)

WERNER, Stephen A.:  Daniel Lord, SJ, the Restless Flame: Thinking Big in a Parochial World!,  Independently published, 2021. -  354 (William L. Portier, Emmitsburg, MD in: Marriage, Families & Spirituality 30/1 (2024)

WITTE Jr., John / WELKER, Michael / PICKARD, Stephen (eds): The Impact of the Family: On Character Formation, Ethical Education, and the Communication of Values in Late Modern Pluralistic Societies,  Leipzig:  Evangelische Verlaganstalt,  2022. -  347 (Adrian Thatcher, Plymouth in: Marriage, Families & Spirituality 30/2 (2024)

WITTE Jr., John: Church, State and Family: Reconciling Traditional Teachings and Modern Liberties, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press,  2019. -  434 (Ray Temmerman, Winnipeg in: Marriage, Families & Spirituality 30/2 (2024)

WOLLBOLD, Andreas:  Taufe – Firmung – Eucharistie Trauung: Grundlagen und Gestaltung der Sakramentenpastoral,  Regensburg:  Friedrich Pustet,  2020. -  476 (Richard Hartmann, Bensheim in: Marriage, Families & Spirituality 30/2 (2024)

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YOUNG Jr., William E.: Marriage Annulments under Pope Francis,  Liguori, MO: Liguori Publications,  2018. -  31 (Thou Ngaoni, Leuven) in: Marriage, Families & Spirituality 30/2 (2024)

ZAMFIR, Korinna / POPLUTZ, Uta (eds.): Reading Women in the New Testament Letters (The Bible and Women; 2.2), Atlanta, GA: Society of Biblical Literature Press,  2024. -  XXVI, 436 (Michael Tilly, Tübingen in: Marriage, Families & Spirituality 31/1 (2025)

ZEHELEIN, Eva-Sabine / CAROSSO, Andrea / ROSENDE-PEREZ, Aida (eds.): Family in Crisis? Crossing Borders, Crossing Narratives (Culture and Theory 221),  Bielefeld:  transcript, 2020. -  213 (Jayaseelan SAVARIARPITCHAI, Roma in: Marriage, Families & Spirituality 30/2 (2024)

ZINGER, Oded: Living with the Law: Gender and Community Among the Jews of Medieval Egypt,  Philadelphia, PA: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2023. -  XV, 225 (Michael Tilly, Tübingen in: Marriage, Families & Spirituality 31/1 (2025)