Professor of religion, philosophy, and biomedical ethics at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. He is also the author of Spheres of Love: Toward a New Ethics of the Family.
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Journal of Religion "An outstanding contribution. . . Well-written and well argued. . . It is hard to imagine a more systematic and sensitive effort to support 'more lasting unions' and the 'intact, ' biologically related family than the one Stephen Post has created. For that, we are in his debt." Bonnie Miller-McLemore "Stephen Post draws on an amazingly wide array of biblical, moral, theological, and social resources to make a strong case for the immense value of lasting marital commitments. Most helpful, he elaborates the 'genius' of Christianity-- its holding together a reverence for parent-child, husband-wife, and brother-sister familial love along with the extension of this intimate love beyond the family to our neediest neighbors." Cameron Lee "In the last decade debate over the family has shifted from wrangling over what values we should hold to deeper questions of why. Drawing on both social science and Christian tradition, Stephen Post succinctly articulates the importance of covenant fidelity in marriage and parenting for the welfare of both our children and our nation. More Lasting Unions is an auspicious beginning for the Religion, Marriage, and Family series." Don S. Browning and John Wall, from the foreword "Post not only brings both theology and the social sciences to his assessment of the meaning and consequences of divorce, nonmarital births, fatherlessness, and single parenthood; he also advances the most powerful theological justification for adoption available in the current literature. . . A powerful new contribution to serious theological thought about marriage and family." Publishers Weekly "Those who think that marriage and family have lost their impact on individuals in particular and society in general will be challenged by Post's detailed, thorough examination of history and current demographic trends. . . General readers and professional alike will find this book, which effectively reinforces the importance of families in today's society, both enlightening and instructive."