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- Title The Western Case for Monogamy Over Polygamy
- Author John Witte Jr
- Binding Hardcover
- Pages 550
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Cambridge University Press
- Date 2015-05-05
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index
- ISBN 9781107101593 / 110710159X
- Weight 1.9 lbs (0.86 kg)
- Dimensions 9.1 x 6.1 x 1.3 in (23.11 x 15.49 x 3.30 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Polygamy - Religious aspects, Polygamy - Law and legislation
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2014047363
- Dewey Decimal Code 346.016
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ISBN: 9781107101593Cambridge University Press, 01 January 2015
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For more than 2,500 years, the Western tradition has embraced monogamous marriage as an essential institution for the flourishing of men and women, parents and children, society and the state. At the same time, polygamy has been considered a serious crime that harms wives and children, correlates with sundry other crimes and abuses, and threatens good citizenship and political stability. The West has thus long punished all manner of plural marriages and denounced the polygamous teachings of selected Jews, Muslims, Anabaptists, Mormons, and others. John Witte, Jr. carefully documents the Western case for monogamy over polygamy from antiquity until today. He analyzes the historical claims that polygamy is biblical, natural, and useful alongside modern claims that anti-polygamy laws violate personal and religious freedom. While giving the arguments pro and con a full hearing, Witte concludes that the Western historical… Read More
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