One Marriage Under God

The Campaign to Promote Marriage in America

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ID2246379
AuthorsJ C Whitehead, Jesse Whitehead (0000-0001-9682-7544, Pacific University, corresponding author)
Year2013
Volume74
Issue1
Pages138-140
Publication date2013-03-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueSociology of Religion (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1069-4404 • E-ISSN: 1759-8818
PublisherOxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1093/socrel/srt008
OpenAlexW2092727951
LanguageEN
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At the same time the U.S. government officially touts marriage as a commonsense solution to social problems from poverty to juvenile delinquency and hopes to entice reluctant different sex couples in poverty to see this institution as providing the support necessary to live an independent life, it also bans same-sex couples willing and enthusiastic about fulfilling these responsibilities of governance. In One Marriage Under God: The Campaign to Promote Marriage in America, Melanie Heath frames this puzzle as a primary contradictory consequence of a marriage ideology that enforces social boundaries and intensifies inequalities around race, class, and sexuality. In her qualitative examination of marriage promotion in the United States, Heath provides several concrete examples of the work people do to bring this marriage ideology to life, along with the struggles and resistance they meet along the way. Heath's analysis of the coordinated efforts of the state and the religious right makes this book an essential read for sociologists of marriage and family and a solid contribution to the sociology of religion.

Criminology · Government (linguistics) · Human sexuality · Ideology · Institution · Political science · Politics · Poverty · Social science · Sociology · Gender Studies · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics · Law · Religion and Society Interactions · Religion, Society, and Development

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