{"product_id":"nation-of-bastards-douglas-farrow-9780978440244","title":"Nation of Bastards: Essays on the End of Marriage","description":"\"Erudite and impassioned - an act of faith and of resistance to the insidious claims of the post-Christian and post-liberal state.\" \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eF. C. Decoste, Professor of Law, University of Alberta\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eA brilliant expos  of the implications of same-sex marriage - and a compelling analysis of what it will take for society to reclaim the birthright of freedom it has lost in a reckless social experiment.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e To some, same-sex marriage is evidence that society has finally come of age. To others, it is yesterday's issue, posing no danger to traditional marriage. To still others - McGill University's Douglas Farrow among them - it has turned civil society on its ear, creating a new political situation in which several things are no longer clear: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e . Is the state the property of the citizenry? Or are citizens, with their cherished personal associations, including marriage, now the property of the state? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e . Who \"owns\" the children, now that natural parenthood had been replaced by legal parenthood? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e . Is the family still \"the natural and fundamental group unit of society,\" as the \u003ci\u003eUniversal Declaration of Human Rights\u003c\/i\u003e claims? Or is the concept of the \"natural\" moribund? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e . What is marriage for, anyway? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Douglas Farrow is associate professor of Christian Thought at McGill University in Montreal. He is the editor of \u003ci\u003eRecognizing Religion in a Secular Society \u003c\/i\u003e and co-editor, with Daniel Cere, of \u003ci\u003eDivorcing Marriage.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Douglas Farrow\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0978440242\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780978440244\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e BPS Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 132\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.39lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.31d","brand":"Douglas Farrow","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43992585306367,"sku":"9780978440244","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0202b802-4e94-4e81-a846-0b88a7c9e6a0.jpg?v=1683319719","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/nation-of-bastards-douglas-farrow-9780978440244","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}