Marriage
Part 3 History
Chapter 33 Cultural Elements
Preliminary QuestionsBibliography |
TheologyTranscultural Constitutive Elements of Marriage
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To Think About |
Preliminary Questions
Bibliography
Theology
Transcultural Constitutive Elements of Marriage
Negotiation between the families
Contract between the families
Betrothal
Bride moves to groom's home, (or groom's parent's home)
In primitive times girls had been captured from neighboring clans to continue the family line, but eventually this practice gave way to a less violent one of arranged marriages: fathers obtained wives for their sons in exchange for a "bride price" which compensated a girl's family for the loss of a skilled and fertile member. After she was escorted by her father to her new home, the bride was now only ritually abducted by the husband, who carried her over the threshold of his home and fed her a piece of sacred cake, which inducted her into her new religion and established her communion with her husband's family gods. (Joseph Martos. Doors to the Sacred. Revised and Updated Edition. page 353.)
Exchange of consent between bride and groom
Act of will regarding contract
Qualities of consent
-- Perpetual
-- Exclusive
-- Free
Object of contract
conjugal rites
Banquet
Intercourse
Birth of first child
Birth of first male child
To Think About
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