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FAMILY
A Christian Social Perspective
Lisa Sowle Cahill
Fortress Press Minneapolis
FAMILY A Christian Social Perspective Copyright © 2000 Augsburg Fortress. All rights reserved. Except for brief quotations in critical articles or reviews, no part of this book may be reproduced in any manner without prior writ ten permission from the publisher. Write: Permissions, Augsburg Fortress, Box 1209, Min neapolis, MN 55440. Cover art: "Family Plan" by Diana Ong Cover design: Marti Naughton Interior design: Beth Wright Scripture translations from the Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright © 1946, 1952, and 1971 by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of Churches of Christ in the United States of America, are used by permission. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Cahill, Lisa Sowle. Family : a Christian social perspective / Lisa Sowle Cahill. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-8006-3252-4 1. Family-Religious aspects-Christianity. 2. Sociology, Christian-United States. 3. Family-Religious aspects-Catholic Church. 4. Sociology, Christian (Catholic)-United States. 5. Catholic Church-Doctrines. I. Title. BT 707.7 .C35 2000 26 l.8'3585-