The new edition of the popular Sex and Love in the Home challenges those accounts of marriage that treat the interpersonal aspects of marriage apart from economic and political questions and proposes that marriage and family flourish when part of an interdependent network of households in community. The new edition includes new discussions arranged around a model of the "imperfect" family unit. What happens when families adopt, the concept of "living together", same-sex marriage and relationships, long-term care for the ill within the home are all discussed.Sex and Love in the Home draws upon anthropological descriptions of community-based reciprocity, sociologics of economy, and theological conceptions of the social body. Throughout the book, day-to-day life in a neighbourhood is put into conversation with theological enquiry about the love of God and the role of the church in the world. Read Less