Marriage & Family (REL 110 A) Fall Semester 2004

Instructor: Frank Farrell M,W,F 9-9:50

Final Review

Topics which will be on the final:

Most of this material is taken from the SCOTT Text. Some of this material is directly from lecture notes. The exam will consist of 12 - 15 short answer questions. You will need to answer 10 of them. There will also be a choice of 5 essays of which you must answer 3. The questions will be drawn from the following topics. You may prepare index cards for the final and use them during the Exam. Only index cards will be allowed during the exam. You may prepare the essays ahead of time and bring them with you the day of the exam, ready to be handed in.

Helmut Thielicke - monogamy and the covenant of agape

German Martinez - meaningful dialogue and the sacredness of personhood

Margret Farley - Partial and total commitment

E&J Whithead - Rites of Passage; obstacles to intimacy

Hauerwas - Character necessary to sustain marriage

May - Manichaean influences on Western theology

Whitehead - Romantic love to committed love

Cahill - three dimensions of sexuality

Hart and Hart - Communications

Tavris - Conflict Resolution and Ventilationists

Marriage as a Sacrament (Cooke, Martinez, Lawlor and notes)

Whitehead- Playful marriage

Marriage as a contract

Cooke - indissolubility

Goleman - teaching marital skills

Cowan and Kinder- Psuedo liberated, perpetual adolescent,

walking wounded

Covey – 7 habits

Kramer- New Analysis of Faithfulness

Scott – two gospels: commodity form vs. personal form

There will be 5 essays on the web site. These essays will be based on readings from the Scott text. You may answer 3 of these. You may  type these prior to the exam or you may write them out during the exam period.