Flavia Agnes:Family Law: Marriage, Divorce and Matrimonial Litigation, Vol. II
- Paperback 2015, ISBN: 9780198072201
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The Bannisdale Press, London, 1954. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Very Good. 183 pages, includes index. Original printed dust jacket. Offset tannin… More...
The Bannisdale Press, London, 1954. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Very Good. 183 pages, includes index. Original printed dust jacket. Offset tanning of the end pages, browning of the edges of the text block, minor rubbing and handling marks to the dust jacket. . The Quakers of the 17th century were men and women who quaked under the weight of mighty truths they had seen with their own eyes. Their successors in modern times are still convinced that the truth of God can be found; and that is Man's business to look for it. This account of Quaker thought begins with the obstacles to first-hand religious experience raised by the intellectual and emotional habits of a scientific age; and proceeds to an account of what Quakers have in fact experienced. It deals briefly with their origins, and more fully with the permanent elements in their discoveries. In particular the light they throw on the problems of individuality in community and of conflict in personal, economic and international relations. -- front fold over Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Category: Religion & Theology; Inventory No: 0211452. ., The Bannisdale Press, 1954, 3, New York, Ny.: Poseidon Press - Simon & Schuster Publishing Group. 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. Brand Newin Fine DJ; F/Fine gift qual Brand New 1st Ed collectable. Usually mail within 12 hours. ; 0.98 x 8.78 x 5.78; 272 pages; From Library Journal John Venner, professor of religion at a small New England college, grapples with the dual nature of the human condition in this new novel by the author of The Devil in the Dooryard ( LJ 9/1/86) . The recently divorced Venner lives in the college chapel's steeple with his talking cat, Sometimes Why. He becomes obsessed with the nearby Shaker community of New Eden and its attractive acolyte, Sabbathday Wells--truly the last of her kind, since the Shakers abstain from sex and refuse to admit any new members. While Venner seesaws between his lust for Sabbathday and his desire for salvation, a media tour reverses the sacred and profane as he knows them. Witty prose, a bizarre scenario, and a compelling story distinguish this funny, outlandish, irreverent fiction. - Joanna M. Burkhardt, Univ. Of Connecticut at Torrington Lib. Copyright 1992 Reed. From Kirkus Reviews Fast-paced morality tale by the author of The Devil in the Dooryard (1986) . John Venner--a religion professor having a hard time with his soul--teaches at a New Hampshire college near New Eden, the original colony of the celibate Shakers. Only a handful of old women remain of the colony, with one exception: a 23-year-old foundling named Sabbathday. Venner lusts for Sabbathday but also envies her purity, so he tries to become a Shaker himself--and wrestles, unsuccessfully, with celibacy. Sabbathday has had enough of purity and wants to embrace the world; she wants Venner to pursue her. Venner is driven to such antics because his ex-wife, with whom he once shared a more conventional religious (and sexual) ecstasy, has decided that her best means to conquer the flesh would be to go on MTV--a kind of electronic transubstantiation. She becomes Medusa (rather than Madonna) , a modern spiritual tease. Venner's two women are good and evil, sort of, and, meanwhile, there's his tiny daughter Eve, in place for the new New Eden. Smith makes compelling speculations about the nature of purity and sexuality, Shaker lore, and Sabbathday's teenage diaries. He's a fine stylist, subtle, witty and learned. Trouble is, his women won't hold still: Sabbathday wants to turn what remains of the Shaker heritage into a corporation and become famous; Medusa retreats from fame and wants her husband back. Smith's conclusion- -that we may seek the divine but in the end are merely human--is a letdown, a mere intellectual exercise in this time of real trouble between the sexes. As religious argument, this fizzles. As a comic character study of weak John Venner, it's a delight to the end. -- ©1992, Kirkus ., Poseidon Press - Simon & Schuster Publishing Group, 1992, 0, Milton Keynes: Paternoster Press - Authentic, 2015. First Edition . Soft cover. Fine. 8vo. FIRST EDITION. MILTON KEYNES : 2015. Paperback. Black and colour pictorial covers. Bright, tight and clean. No owner name or internal markings. FINE. (xxiii), 168 pages. Includes bibliographical references. SUMMARY: This book explores the way that gender relationships changed under Christendom and then after Christendom, challenging us to rethink gender relations in both church and society. Fran Porter goes beyond the personal aspects of gender identity to structural, philosophical and theological considerations; and offers a paradigm for gender relationships different to the oppositional models that currently prevail. 'This is an accessible read about the complex topic of gender, Christendom and post Christendom. For those seeking to explore the history of gender relationships in the church from the first century this is an excellent introduction'. Dianne Tidball, East Midland Baptist Association, UK. 'Through careful handling of the argument, Fran Porter helps us to glimpse that vision of what the new community of Christ, the new kin-work she inaugurated, could look like - and how the church, in the way she is in the world, can be radical good news for men and women everywhere'. Sian Murray Williams, Tutor in Worship Studies at Bristol Baptist College {from the back cover}. Lg.8vo. **Will be well-packed for posting/shipping**. [ Rosley Books for Antiquarian books, Cumberland, Everyman, Keswick, Inklings, Literature, MacDonald, Rarities, Theology and History. ], Paternoster Press - Authentic, 2015, 5, Oxford University Press, 2011. First edition. Softcover. New. 18 x 24 cm. Family law in India has a complex legal structure where different religious communities are guided by their own personal laws, each of which historically evolved under various social, religious, political, and legal influences. In two comprehensive and lucid volumes, Flavia Agnes, a leading activist and advocate in the area, examines family law in the light of social realities, contemporary rights discourse, and the idea of justice. What is unique in these volumes is that the ground level litigation practices around women’s rights are interwoven with the critical analyses of the statutory provisions. Relying extensively upon case law, Volume 2 examines: # the litigation around the validity of marriage and procedures for dissolving it, the contemporary debates around issues such as child marriages, NRI marriages, and registration of marriages # the framework of law on the issues of maintenance, matrimonial residence, and custody and guardianship of children, and # whether considering the procedural aspects of matrimonial law, and the increased powers of the family courts, gender justice concerns are being adequately addressed. The volume also emphasizes that it is necessary and possible for the law to fairly reflect individual and social contingencies at the ground level. Printed Pages: 508., Oxford University Press, 2011, 6<
