Rodina a rodičovství v křesťanství a islámu

• Authors: Nesporova O.

Title variants

EN

FAMILY AND PARENTHOOD IN CHRISTIANITY AND ISLAM

• Languages of publication: CS

Abstracts

EN

In contemporary societies religion has still a great influence on the culture and the way of organizing social life. Consequently family, its structure, norms, functions and roles are determined by the religion and its values. The paper presents the role of marriage in the Christian and Islamic societies. Whereas for Christians the celibate plays a key role as it is seen as the most desirable way of life, Islam religion does not recommend the state of womanlessness. However, the status of women in both Christian and Muslim families is shaped by patriarchal attitudes rooted in the social values. The authoress discusses pre-marital institution, e. g. an institution of 'mahr' - a gift of money or valuables given by the bride's family to that of the groom to permit their marriage which serves aftewards as a private savings of the wife in the case of divorce. Furthermore, she compares ways of upbringing of children and attitudes to divorce in both religions. Finally, she considers both religions similar in their concept of family due to their common judaic origin. (http://www.genderonline.cz/view.php?cisloclanku=2005120101)

Keywords

EN

CHRISTIANITY; FAMILY; ISLAM

Discipline

• SOCIOLOGY: SOCIOLOGY

• Publisher: Institute of Sociology, Czech Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Gender, rovné příležitosti, výzkum (Gender, Equal Opportunities, Research)
• Year: 2005
• Volume: 6
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 3-7
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Nesporova O.

• O. Nesporova, Research Institute for Labour and Social Affairs, Palackého námesti 4, 128 01 Prague 2, Czech Republic

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

06CZAAAA01633564