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Seminar: "The Future of Christian Marriage" with Dr. Mark Regnerus

Wed, Sep 04

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Stumberg Hall

How do Christians find a mate in a world that increasingly yawns at marriage? Dr. Mark Regnerus will draw upon his research in seven countries to share what people today think about Christian marriage and what folks all over the world are doing to make marriages work.

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Seminar: "The Future of Christian Marriage" with Dr. Mark Regnerus
Seminar: "The Future of Christian Marriage" with Dr. Mark Regnerus

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Sep 04, 2019, 7:00 PM – Sep 25, 2019, 8:30 PM

Stumberg Hall, 3206 Fairfax Walk, Austin, TX 78705, USA

About The Event

Join us for four consecutive Wednesdays as we consider how Christians find a mate within a religious faith that esteems marriage but a world that increasingly yawns at it. Some of the challenges Christians face are mathematical – there are far more women than men in religious congregations. Others are ideological. Short-term relationships and a desire to “keep my options open” have become the norm. Still other challenges are economic: is marriage smart when good jobs seem to be shrinking while inequality grows? 

Dr. Mark Regnerus will draw upon his research in seven countries - the U.S., Mexico, Spain, Poland, Russia, Lebanon, and Nigeria – to share what people today think about Christian marriage and what folks all over the world are doing to make Christian marriages work.

Dr. Regnerus is a professor of sociology at the University of Texas at Austin and a senior fellow at the Austin Institute…

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