Something Old, Something New: Marriage and Family Ministry in a Postmodern Culture

For a Church often despairing of biblically based resources in ministering to the family in our postmodern culture, Ray Anderson's twenty-fifth book focuses on recovering a theology of the family. His seminal volume (written with Dennis Guernsey), 'On Being Family: Toward a Social Theology of the Family' (1985), virtually created the new genre of the 'theology of the family.' In 'Something Old, Something New: Marriage and Family Ministry in a Postmodern Culture', we find the fruit of Anderson's mature reflections that will give hope and guidance to the Church of the twenty-first century. He discusses marriage and parenting, divorce and remarriage, singleness and cohabitation, and other issues within the diversity and relativity characterized by our postmodern context. His decades of experience as a seminary professor and church pastor enable him to articulate a theology of family ministry that offers concrete help for families, churches, and pastors based on the healing ministry of Christ in today's society.