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Marriage reviews 'Consolidating the Third Wave Democracies: Themes and Perspectives' edited by Larry Diamond, Marc F. Plattner, Yunhan Chu and Hung-mao Tien.

Intro -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Preface -- 1 Catholics adjusting to marital breakdown -- Background -- A changing world - a changing Church -- On consulting the faithful -- The problem of language -- Focusing on the pastoral -- Notes -- 2 The theological history -- The biblical vision -- The bond in the early Church -- The Scholastics and the bond -- The teaching of the magisterium -- Previous pastoral solutions -- The Pauline privilege -- Non-consummation -- Canonical form -- The sacramental question -- The practical consequences of the theology of the bond -- Notes -- 3 Pastoral options -- A divorced Anglican seeks marriage with a Catholic -- A remarried mother seeks reception into the Catholic Church -- Summary -- Notes -- 4 The support groups -- The Association of Separated and Divorced Catholics -- The Rainbow Groups -- The Beginning Experience -- Findings from the group meetings and interviews -- Relating within the groups -- Relating to the wider Church -- Relating to the clergy -- Special needs and looking to the future -- Summary -- Notes -- 5 The opinions of the clergy -- Legalism and personalism -- The centrality of the Eucharist -- The internal forum - a cause of controversy -- Epikeia -- Equity -- Oikonomia -- Conflict and hardship cases -- Testing my findings -- The initiative of three German bishops -- Summary -- Notes -- 6 Irregular marriage situations and RCIA -- The pastoral options -- The annulment process -- The internal forum -- Reception into the Church without the sacraments -- Looking to the future -- Summary -- 7 The tribunals -- Post-Vatican II - tribunals respond to the new situations -- Contrasting experiences -- Contrasting annulment and divorce -- The new grounds for annulling marriages -- Summary -- Conclusions from all the empirical data -- Notes -- 8 The theological future -- Facing the theological impasse

This article discusses interreligious marriage in Central Java, especially in Surakarta, Semarang City and Jepara; places where the policies of stakeholders on judicial system, the role of demographic officials and religious leaders heavily influence each other. The policies of the State Court as an institution authorized to determine interreligious marriage vary from one to another area. For example, the Surakarta State Court receives the petition and establishes interreligious marriage, in contrast to the State Court in Semarang and Jepara which deny the petition of interreligious marriage. It is influenced by several things, namely the understanding of the regulation of marriage laws in Indonesia as well as religious understanding and role of its religious leaders. In the context of state and civil society relations, interreligious couples whose petitions are rejected consider it unfair; even those whose petition is accepted also deem it unfair since they regard their marriage as a civil marriage only, not desired by the state.Artikel ini membahas tentang perkawinan beda agama di Jawa Twngah, khususnya di Surakarta, Kota Semarang dan Kabupaten Jepara, tempat-tempat dimana kebijakan para pemangku kepentingan tentang sistem peradilan, peran pejabat demografik dan pemimpin agama saling mempengaruhi satu sama lain. Kebijakan Pengadilan Negeri sebagai lembaga yang berwenang menentukan perkawinan beda agama bervariasi dari satu daerah dengan daerah yang lain. Pengadilan Negeri Surakarta menerima petisi dan menetapkan perkawinan beda agama, berbeda dengan Pengadilan Negeri Kota Semarang dan Kabupaten Jepara yang menolak permohonan perkawinan beda agama. Perbedaan kebijakan tersebut dipengaruhi oleh beberapa hal, yaitu pemahaman tentang peraturan perundang-undangan perkawinan di Indonesia, pemahaman agama dan peran para pemimpin agama. Dalam konteks hubungan negara dan masyarakat sipil, pasangan antara agama yang permohonannya ditolak menganggapnya tidak adil; bahkan mereka yang permohonannya diterima juga menganggap itu tidak adil karena mereka menganggap merkawinannya hanyalah perkawinan sipil, yang tidak diinginkan oleh negara.

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Original Title Page -- Original Copyright Page -- Foreword -- Publisher's Note -- Preface -- Table of Contents -- 1 How Sexuality Develops -- 2 Noncoital Sex -- 3 Premarital Intercourse - Pro and Con -- 4 The Art of First Intercourse -- 5 Birth Control -- 6 What Can You Do if You're Pregnant? -- 7 If You Decide to Go Through a Pregnancy Unmarried -- 8 Sexual Problems -- 9 Sexual Deviations -- 10 What Professional Help Can You Get? -- 11 What of Love? -- Appendix -- A: Reproductive Biology - A Brief Review -- B: Bibliography -- C: Some Useful Addresses -- Index.

Cooperative marriage is a heterosexual marriage negotiated and performed by a lala (a woman with same-sex desire) and a gay man. Building on growing debates on cooperative marriage within the tongzhi community and on intensifying media and academic attention, this thesis presents an empirical investigation of how gay men and lalas understand their experiences while in cooperative marriage. The study is based on in-depth interviews, participant observation and focus group interviews of twenty-two gay men and lalas in cooperative marriage distributed across five cities in China: Beijing, Shenyang, Hangzhou, Guangzhou and Foshan. Among the questions addressed are: Why do gay men and lalas opt for this particular type of marriage? What are the lived experiences of sexual minorities facing cultural and institutional discrimination in China? What are the main living strategies and styles they adopt to cope with such discrimination? The study also explores different ways of relating to others and some novel intimate practices emerging. It is shown that, in general, these are not in harmony with the heteronormative values that are dominating society today. The new ways and practices are therefore challenging criticism from liberal rights activists, particularly with regard to issues such as coming out. I identify four types of orientations of gay men and lalas towards cooperative marriage: familial, individual, pragmatic, and idealistic. These reveal how gay men and lalas understand their relations to other main players in their lives and strategize accordingly. Among the characteristics playing key roles in their decision making are gender, being the single child of the family and co-residence with the parents in the same city (local vs. non-local). It is shown that the lives of gay men and lalas in cooperative marriage are being complicated by the need to negotiate multiple relationships, e.g., with the marital partner, the same-sex partner, the marital partner's partner, the natal family, the in-laws, and the gay community around. I also theorize on the major types of politics of intimate relationships engaged in by gay men and lalas as they craft their living spaces while in cooperative marriage. Finally, I demonstrate that cooperative marriage has led to a new sub-cultural tongzhi movement where gay men and lalas build on the rapport they have developed with each other; e.g., they share information and experiences while participating in semi-open public discussions and matchmaking events. This is leading to emergent types of new ethics within the community which have critically challenged the stereo types and dominant narratives on tongzhi strategizing. ; published_or_final_version ; Social Work and Social Administration ; Master ; Master of Philosophy