Grant, Brian W., 1939-

The social structure of Christian families : a historical perspective / [manuscript] : by Brian W. Grant. - St. Louis, Mo. : Chalice Press, c2000. - vii, 189 p. ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 179-186) and index.

Biblical Judaism and the Apostolic Church -- Family theology in the Greek and Roman churches -- Church and family in the Middle Ages and Reformation -- Renaissance, Reformation, and colonial expansion -- The creation and erosion of the Victorian synthesis -- The twentieth-century revolution.

0827234465 (alk. paper)

00008624


Families--Religious aspects--Christianity--History of doctrines.

BT707.7 / .G73 2000

261.8/3585/09