Book review: Francis J. Moloney, A Body Broken for a Broken People: Divorce, Remarriage and the Eucharist (London: Darton, Longman and Todd 2015). Pp. 303. £14,99. ISBN: 978-0-232-53204-3.
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Although faithful and lasting relations are valued as important characteristics of marriage in the Bible, not every marriage meets these characteristics. This paper examines the New Testament foundations of the legal rules and advice for Christians when their marriages fail and the marriage bond breaks up. It examines in what way the law protects the weak one in the situation, when marriage no longer provides the husband and wife a home and safety and even becomes a place of violence and destruction. The paper summarizes the Old Testament foundations concerning a faithful and lasting marriage and the legal rules to regulate the situations, when the marriage fails and a husband divorces his wife. It consequently analyzes and comments on the legal aspects of the situations when marriage fails as we read about it in the New Testament, in 1K 7,10‒16, Mk 10,2‒12, Mt 5,31‒32 and 19,2‒12 and Lk 16,18. It finally provides a summary of the commentaries in the Czech Ecumenical Commentary on the pertinent Biblical texts and finally has a few final comments.
Divorce is a stressful event often combined with spouse conflict which significantly affects the way children experience the consequences of family reorganization. Various factors contribute to the impact of divorce on child development, one of the most decisive being the quality of parental relationship prior to, during and after divorce. The article addresses one main question how spouses’ conflict during the process of divorce is intertwined with a child’s experience. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 20 adult children (7 men and 13 women) from divorced families. Adults ranged in age 21 to 42 years old. Five to twenty years passed from their parents’ divorce. The results show that in the cases of violent parents’ relationships or family relationships with addiction prior to divorce, the participants experienced relief when the nuclear family dissolved; however, in most cases conflict between parents persisted after divorce, the child being torn between both parents. When the conflict between the parents is combined with various addictions, the consequences for the child are even more devastating. In most cases, children were left to themselves. The findings of this study can therefore contribute to creating various forms of educational, consulting, or therapeutic help.
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