Men and women and biblical equalityThe last word in what the Bible says on the subject.
A bit over the top, but if you are looking for soemthing specific I think you will find it.
Christianity and the roles of men and women This short guide to what the churches say is a good introduction providing you can cope with the pop-ups.
Changing attitudes to gender roles This looks like a page from your
text book but it is worth browsing because it has ideas you might not have thought of.
Discussion point
Pregnant man Where do you stand on pregnant men?
Thomas Beattie is expecting his third child
Traditional roles within the church family
Twelve disciples Jesus chose twelve men to be his iiimediate followers.
Check out their names here if you are not sure who they were.
Roman Catholic view This spells out the position of Rome fairly clearly and
their opposition to women priests.
Orthodox church What the Orthodox
churches have to say about the ordination of women.
Other views of the roles of men and women in the Church family
Bible texts Passages in the Old Testament and New Testament relevant to this topic.
Marriage ceremonies
Christian marriage Check out this interactive quiz on Christian marriage.
BBC marriage ceremonies Quite a good section on the
BBC website about the marriage ceremonies in the Church of England and the Roman Catholic churches.
Explaining Christian marriage A rather long study on the
parts of the wedding service and what each bit means. The site is very user friendly and you can find out as much or as little as you require.
Civil Partnerships This is a very comprehensive site. It provides information on all the major issues
concerned with civil partnership, eg ceremonies, tax rules, anonymity, comparison with civil marriages etc.
How Christian react to civil partnerships
In reality it depends which part of the church you look at. Some Christians totally disapprove
because the union is not biblical and not in accordance with traditional church teaching.
Others with a more liberal background welcome the civil partnerships or civil marriage,
because it embraces the spirit of Christ's attitude rather than the letter of Old Testament teaching
and what Jesus actually said 20000 years ago.
Civil partnerships
This website explains some of the issues. It is a good starting point. At times it seems a little anti the idea.
Anglican Mainstream Another useful resource for this topic
with many different ideas on the subject.
Pink News on Christian reactions Pink News is a
Gay newspaper. The article lists some of the main Christian objections to same sex marriages. It is a useful summay of how things
were in March 2010.
BBC News Christian protests against allowing a religious dimension to civil partnerships.
Divorce
Divorce and the law This is a government website which
explains the stages of divorce and under what circumstances a divorce could be granted. It is sound reliable information.
Church of England on divorce This is not brilliant
it gives the essentials and some useful links, but doesn't spell out the pastoral approach adopted by many churches. (CofE Church Website)
Church of England on divorce and remarriage Again not a stunning contribution by the C of E
website. It does explain where the responsibiliity for conducting a second marriage lies, but says little about the popular
option of Blessing of a Civil Marriage.
Roman Catholic view of divorce Once you get past the pop-ups this page is a good start. It explains that
vlid marriages are for life and it mentions annulment.
Divorce and the Roman Catholic Church This looks like heavy going, but it is sound
and is one of the few documents that mentions dissolution of the marriage.
Divorce This is a BBC website on the subject. It deals with
divorce in most denominations. At the bottom of the page it includes Methodist, Baptists and Church of Scotland.
Christianity and sexual relationships This is quite a good
article inasmuch as it explains the meaning of key terms. It is fairly biblical based teaching though.
Christian views on contraception This is a good site and the
reaction of each denomination is well explained.
Catholics on contraception
A good website from the BBC. It shows exactly what Roman Catholics believe and it has some liks to Humanae Vitae.
Christian marriage