The Equal Regard Family and its Friendly Critics

Coeditor, The Equal Regard Family and its Friendly Critics (Grand Rapids: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 2007) (with M. Christian Green and Amy Wheeler)
Description

This volume is both a celebration and an evaluation of the work on sex, marriage, and family life by Don S. Browning, the dean of modern family studies in theological ethics and practical theology. Scholars probe a number of Browning's contributions, particularly his call for an ethic of "equal regard" within the household and wider society. This book is a true interdisciplinary effort, with insights from psychology, history, law, theology, biology, ethics, feminist theology, childhood studies, and education theory. The Equal-Regard Family and Its Friendly Critics includes seven honorary forewords, ten original essays, and a concluding essay by Don Browning himself.
Table of Contents

  • Honorary Forewords – Martin E. Marty, David Popenoe, Barbara Dafoe Whitehead, Herbert Anderson, Lisa Sowle Cahill, Linda J. Waite, Carol Browning
  • Introduction: The Equal-Regard Family in Context – Don S. Browning
  1. Generativity, Self-Sacrifice, and the Ethics of Family Life – Bonnie J. Miller-McLemore
  2. The Mutuality of Ethical Principles, Practical Virtues, and Social Institutions – Steven M. Tipton
  3. The Place of Evolutionary Psychology in a Practical Theological Ethics of Family – Stephen J. Pope
  4. Fatherhood, Feminism, and Family Altruism – M. Christian Green
  5. Childhood Studies, Hermeneutics, and Theological Ethics – John Wall
  6. Judge William and Professor Browning; A Kierkegaardian Critique of Equal-Regard Marriage and the Democratic Family – Timothy P. Jackson
  7. Why We Should Revise Browning’s Model of a 60-hour Workweek for Parents – Rebekah Miles
  8. Teaching Equal Regard to the Abandoned Generation: Case Studies from a Psychology of Gender Class – Mary Stewart Van Leeuwen
  9. Family Faith Formation at the Nexus of Practical Theology and Christian Education – Richard Robert Osmer
  10. The Carnal Knowledge of History: Practical Historical Theology and the Past and Future of Intimacy – Garrett E. Paul
  11. Response – Don S. Browning