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The Family: A Christian Perspective on the Contemporary Home
The Family: A Christian Perspective on the Contemporary Home
The Family: A Christian Perspective on the Contemporary Home
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The Family: A Christian Perspective on the Contemporary Home

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This proven, comprehensive resource covers every issue that affects Christian family life. It has been in print for over thirty years and has sold nearly 100,000 copies. This new edition is updated throughout with discussions of recent family-related issues. It includes a new chapter on work and family balance and a new section on the increasing role grandparents take in parental responsibilities.
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Release dateNov 16, 2021
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The Family: A Christian Perspective on the Contemporary Home
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Jack O. Balswick

Jack O. Balswick (Ph.D., University of Iowa) is senior professor of sociology and family development at Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, California. He has twice received an American Senior Fulbright Scholar Fellowship. He has been associate editor of the Journal of Marriage and Family, Family Relations, Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion and Review of Religious Research. He has authored or coauthored articles in over seventy professional publications and has presented papers at conferences around the world. He is author or coauthor of seventeen books, including Men at the Crossroads, The Family: A Christian Perspective on the Contemporary Home, The Gift of Gender, Social Problems: A Christian Understanding and Response, Relationship-Empowerment Parenting, Authentic Human Sexuality, The Reciprocating Self: Human Development in Theological Perspective and A Model for Marriage: Covenant, Grace, Empowerment and Intimacy.

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    The author just removed the edition I was using to study without warning! All my highlighted notes are gone and I have a major final exam in 5 weeks! The Family: A Christian Perspective on the Contemporary Home, By Jack O. Balswick and Judith K. Balswick.
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