 | Divorce and Remarriage in the Bible: The Social and Literary Context by David Instone-Brewer
Buy new: $18.48 / Used from: $20.33 Without a doubt, the best book, with a balanced look at many perspectives. Instone-Brewer concludes that divorce and remarraige are possible and biblical, but not the ideal.
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 | Divorce And Remarriage by Andrew Cornes
Buy used from: $69.99 The best book arguing for the idea of indissoluable union - that a marriage CANNOT be broken. Not only does Cornes examine the theology, but also the pastoral angle of the issue. Excellent book.
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 | Divorce and remarriage: Recovering the biblical view by William F Luck
Buy used from: $18.98 Similar to Dr. Instone-Brewer's book, and also excellent. Holds that the marriage vows are the key to the marraige: if a partner is breaking the vows repeatedly and unrepentantly, D&R is permissable.
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 | And Marries Another: Divorce and Remarriage in the Teaching of the New Testament by Craig S. Keener
Buy new: $9.56 / Used from: $0.12 Keener's main emphasis is on the culture that the N.T. was written in, and how that would have influenced Jesus and Paul's listeners. Concludes that extreme breaking of marital vows validates D&R.
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 | Jesus and Divorce by Gordon Wenham
Buy used from: $99.44 The standard book for the 'divorce for adultry or desertion, but no remarriage.' This book is very scholarly and covers a lot - a must read on the topic, even if you don't agree with the conclusions.
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 | Divorce & Remarriage: A Christian View by Guy Duty
Buy used from: $22.74 This is a quick read, but a good one. Duty comes from a background of no divorce, no remarraige, but changed his mind after delving deeper into the subject. This is a good introductory book.
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 | Readings in Christian Ethics: Issues and Applications by Robert Rakestraw
Buy new: $29.42 / Used from: $4.95 This book covers a lot more than just divorce and remarriage, but it has three articles in it that pertain to D&R that are excellent, and from opposite ends of the spectrum.
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 | Readings in Christian Ethics: Theory and Method by Robert Rakestraw
Buy new: $24.15 / Used from: $2.79 And, if you're going to be studying an ethical issue, it'd be relevant to read a book about eithcs as it's own subject (this book is not directly about D&R).
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| Compassionate Side of Divorce: by C. S. Lovett
Buy used from: $0.01 This is, um... interesting. The conclusions are basically correct in that the breaking of the marraige vows nullifies the covenant, but the way the book arrives at this is very unorthodox.
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 | The Challenge of the Disciplined Life: Christian Reflections on Money, Sex, and Power by Richard J. Foster
Buy new: $11.69 / Used from: $0.01 Another book not just about divorce and remarriage, but it does have an excellent chapter on the topic that is a very healing word for those in divorce situations.
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