{"product_id":"sacred-divorce-religion-therapeutic-culture-and-ending-life-partnerships-9780813563473","title":"Sacred Divorce Religion Therapeutic Culture and Ending Life Partnerships","description":"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"In reading \u003ci\u003eSacred Divorce\u003c\/i\u003e, one is so moved by an astounding number of beautifully written sentences and gripping quotes that one feels one has gone through divorce, therapy, recovery and healing.\"\u003cbr\u003e -- Margarita A. Mooney * author of Faith Makes Us Live: Surviving and Thriving in the Haitian Diaspora *\u003cbr\u003e\"A thoughtful and smart examination of how religious communities shape the emotion work involved in ending intimate life partnerships, this well-researched ethnography illuminates the therapeutic turn in contemporary American religion and expands our understanding of the religion-family interface.\" -- Penny Edgell * author of Religion and Family in a Changing Society *\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eSacred Divorce\u003c\/i\u003e offers a remarkable work of cultural sociology that reveals how religious efforts to sacralize divorce reflect broader cultural tensions about individualism within religion and marriage.\" * Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion *\u003cbr\u003e\"Jenkins artfully constructs a powerful analysis of how contemporary divorce experiences are transformed from potentially shaming events into opportunities for spiritual growth that are imbued with sacred meanings.\" * American Journal of Sociology *\u003cbr\u003e\"In reading \u003ci\u003eSacred Divorce\u003c\/i\u003e, one is so moved by an astounding number of beautifully written sentences and gripping quotes that one feels one has gone through divorce, therapy, recovery and healing.\"\u003cbr\u003e -- Margarita A. Mooney * author of Faith Makes Us Live: Surviving and Thriving in the Haitian Diaspora *\u003cbr\u003e\"A thoughtful and smart examination of how religious communities shape the emotion work involved in ending intimate life partnerships, this well-researched ethnography illuminates the therapeutic turn in contemporary American religion and expands our understanding of the religion-family interface.\" -- Penny Edgell * author of Religion and Family in a Changing Society *\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eSacred Divorce\u003c\/i\u003e offers a remarkable work of cultural sociology that reveals how religious efforts to sacralize divorce reflect broader cultural tensions about individualism within religion and marriage.\" * Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion *\u003cbr\u003e\"Jenkins artfully constructs a powerful analysis of how contemporary divorce experiences are transformed from potentially shaming events into opportunities for spiritual growth that are imbued with sacred meanings.\" * American Journal of Sociology *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments  Introduction  Chapter 1 Social Shame and Religious Tools  Chapter 2 Divorce Work as Cultural Strategy  Chapter 3 Solitary Work Through Community  Chapter 4 Cautious Clergy  Chapter 5 Rich Lived Practice  Chapter 6 Religious Emotion and Multiple Family Forms  Appendix on Methods  Notes  References  Index   ","brand":"MW - Rutgers University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51742326292823,"sku":"9780813563473","price":105.4,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780813563473.jpg?v=1758384288","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/sacred-divorce-religion-therapeutic-culture-and-ending-life-partnerships-9780813563473","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}