Marriage and Cohabitation
TABLE OF CONTENT
CHAPTER ONE – INTRODUCTION 1.1 What is Marriage 1.2 What is Cohabitation
CHAPTER TWO – ORIGIN OF MARRIAGE
2.1 Types of Marriage
2.2 Justification of Marriage
2.3 Christian Perspective of Marriage
2.4 Advantages and dis-advantages of Marriage
CHAPTER THREE – ORIGIN OF COHABITATION
3.1 Types of Cohabitation
3.2 Justification of Cohabitation
3.3 Christian perspective of Cohabitation
3.4 Advantages and dis- advantages of Cohabitation
CHAPTER FOUR – MARRIAGE AND COHABITATION
4.1 Relationship between Marriage and Cohabitation
4.2 Comparison of Marriage and Cohabitation
CHAPTER FIVE – CONCLUSION
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
A major social trend of the last three decades is the decline in marriage and the rise in cohabitation. Over the last twenty years, the number of marriages has fallen connsiderably, while there has been a growth in the number of couples living together without marrying. In 1993, the number of marriages in the UK fell to it lowest level for fifty years and one in five unmarried men and women were cohabiting 1 . The stigma attached to cohabiting in the 1990s is far less than it was two or three decades ago.
The subject of marriage and cohabitation have been a debatable issue in the contempoary modern society, owing to the fact that religion, politics and culture plays a major role in influencing our ethical values and standard. 1.1 What is Marriage?
Marriage, in common with many other subjects which touch the personal happiness and vital interests of man and woman, is attracting new and general attention. This movement is in accordance with the universal laws of human progress. We are impelled by the evils we suffer, and allured by the hope of gaining more light and attaining greater happiness, to seek for new truth and devise new methods for a better organization of society. This process must go on until we find the ground of all human relations in the immutable laws of the Divine order. There is no other way of
CHAPTER ONE – INTRODUCTION 1.1 What is Marriage 1.2 What is Cohabitation
CHAPTER TWO – ORIGIN OF MARRIAGE
2.1 Types of Marriage
2.2 Justification of Marriage
2.3 Christian Perspective of Marriage
2.4 Advantages and dis-advantages of Marriage
CHAPTER THREE – ORIGIN OF COHABITATION
3.1 Types of Cohabitation
3.2 Justification of Cohabitation
3.3 Christian perspective of Cohabitation
3.4 Advantages and dis- advantages of Cohabitation
CHAPTER FOUR – MARRIAGE AND COHABITATION
4.1 Relationship between Marriage and Cohabitation
4.2 Comparison of Marriage and Cohabitation
CHAPTER FIVE – CONCLUSION
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
A major social trend of the last three decades is the decline in marriage and the rise in cohabitation. Over the last twenty years, the number of marriages has fallen connsiderably, while there has been a growth in the number of couples living together without marrying. In 1993, the number of marriages in the UK fell to it lowest level for fifty years and one in five unmarried men and women were cohabiting 1 . The stigma attached to cohabiting in the 1990s is far less than it was two or three decades ago.
The subject of marriage and cohabitation have been a debatable issue in the contempoary modern society, owing to the fact that religion, politics and culture plays a major role in influencing our ethical values and standard. 1.1 What is Marriage?
Marriage, in common with many other subjects which touch the personal happiness and vital interests of man and woman, is attracting new and general attention. This movement is in accordance with the universal laws of human progress. We are impelled by the evils we suffer, and allured by the hope of gaining more light and attaining greater happiness, to seek for new truth and devise new methods for a better organization of society. This process must go on until we find the ground of all human relations in the immutable laws of the Divine order. There is no other way of