Marriage and Family Today: Challenges and Responses

Chapter I
KEY CONCEPTS: EXPLANATION AND DELIMITATION
Introduction
1.1 Marriage and Family
1.1.1 Sociological Understanding of Family
1.1.1.1 Family Studies and Family Theories
1.1.1.2 Universal Aspects of Family
1.1.2 Joint Family System in India
1.1.3 Sociological Understanding of Marriage
1.1.3.1 Importance and Functions of Marriage
1.1.3.2 Individualized and Deinstitutionalized
Marriages
1.1.3.3 Motivating Force of Marriage
1.1.4 Methods of Mate Selection and Arranged Marriages
1.1.5 Bride Price and Dowry
1.1.6 Marriage: Christian Perspectives
1.1.7 Catholic Understanding of Marriage and Family
1.1.7.1 Marriage: Pre-Vatican II Accents
1.1.7.2 Post-Vatican II Understanding of Marriage
1.1.7.3 The Family
1.1.7.4 CCEO and CIC in Comparison on Marriage
1.2 The Syro-Malabar Church in Kerala: a Socio-cultural
and Historical Introduction
1.2.1 Kerala
1.2.2 Short History of Syro-Malabar Church
1.2.3 Marriage and Family in India: Cultural
and Social Context
1.3 Marital and Family Pastoral Care
Summary
Chapter II
MARRIAGE AND FAMILY IN THE SYRO-MALABAR
CHURCH: PROBLEM ANALYSIS AND IMPULSES
Introduction
2.1 Introducing the Methodology:
Qualitative Analysis and Grounded Theory
2.1.1 Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis
2.1.2 Grounded Theory
2.1.2.1 Emergent Design
2.1.2.2 Indispensable and Flexible Elements of
Grounded Theory
2.1.3 Applicable Peculiarities of Grounded Theory
for this Research Project
2.1.3.1 Theoretical Sampling
2.1.3.2 Theoretical Saturation
2.1.3.3 Theoretical Sensitivity
2.1.3.4 Developing a Theory
2.1.4 Data Analysis Practices in Grounded Theory
2.1.4.1 Coding Process
2.1.4.2. Building Categories
2.1.4.3 Memo Writing
2.1.5 Qualitative Interviews
2.2 Why Qualitative Analysis and Grounded Theory?
2.3 Research Design
2.3.1 Research Questions
2.3.2 Target Groups
2.4 Data Collection
2.4.1 Questionnaire and Execution of the Interviews
2.4.1.1. Questionnaire for the Pastoral Caregivers
2.4.1.2 Questionnaire for the Married Persons
and/or Couples
2.4.2 Interview Analysis
2.4.2.1 Different Steps of the Analysis of the Interviews
2.4.2.2 Four Stages of Data Analysis
2.5 First Interview as Model of the Interview Analysis
2.5.1 Interview I - Interviewee: Mrs. Sini
2.5.1.1 Introduction
2.5.1.2 Coded Transcripts
2.5.1.3 Codes Sorted into Categories or Sub-categories
2.5.1.4 Categories with Short Description of the Codes
2.5.1.5 Conclusions from the Interview
2.6 Twelve Interview Results
2.6.1 Interview II - Interviewee: Sr Seena
2.6.1.1 Introduction
2.6.4.3 Conclusions from the Interview
2.6.5 Interview VI - Interviewees: Mrs. Jomi and Mr Lulu
2.6.5.1 Introduction
2.6.5.2 Categories with Short Description of the Codes
2.6.5.3 Conclusions from the Interview
2.6.6 Interview VII - Interviewee: Mr Sabu
2.6.6.1 Introduction
2.6.6.2 Categories with Short Description of the Codes
2.6.6.3 Conclusions from the Interview
2.6.7 Interview VIII - Interviewee: Fr Tinu
2.6.7.1 Introduction
2.6.7.2 Categories with Short Description of the Codes
2.6.7.3 Conclusions from the Interview
2.6.8 Interview IX - Interviewee: Mrs. Bincy
2.6.8.1 Introduction
2.6.8.2 Categories with Short Description of the Codes
2.6.8.3 Conclusions from the Interview
2.6.9 Interview X- Interviewee: Sr Vimal
2.6.9.1 Introduction
2.6.9.2 Categories with Short Description of the Codes
2.6.9.3 Conclusions from the Interview
2.6.10 Interview XI - Interviewee: Fr Josco
2.6.10.1 Introduction
2.6.10.2 Categories with Short Description
of the Codes
2.6.10.3 Conclusions of the Interview
2.6.11 Interview XII - Interviewee: Pradeep
2.6.11.1 Introduction
2.6.1.2 Categories with Short Description of the Codes
2.6.1.3 Conclusions from the Interview
2.6.2 Interview III - Interviews: Mr Seby and Mrs. Liji
2.6.2.1 Introduction
2.6.2.2 Categories with Short Description of the Codes
2.6.2.3 Conclusions from the Interview
2.6.3 Interview IV - Interviewee: Fr Justine
2.6.3.1 Introduction
2.6.3.2 Categories with Short Description of the Codes
2.6.3.3 Conclusions from the Interview
2.6.4 Interview V - Interviewee: Mrs. Anusha
2.6.4.1 Introduction
2.6.4.2 Categories with Short Description of the Codes
2.6.11.2 Categories with Short Description
of the Codes
2.6.11.3 Conclusions from the interview
2.6.12 Interview XIII - Interviewee: Mrs. Priyamani
2.6.12.1 Introduction
2.6.12.2 Categories with Short Description
of the Codes
2.6.12.3 Conclusions from the Interview
2.7 Final Grounded Theory: Problems, Causes, and
Future Perspectives on the Family and Marriage in Kerala
2.7.1 Analysis of the Situation
2.7.2 Pastoral Praxis
2.7.3 Highly Resilient Factors
2.7.4 Recommendations for the Future
2.8 Evaluative Comment on the Empirical Research
Summary
Chapter III
DIFFERENT APPROACHES TO MARRIAGE
AND FAMILY PROBLEMS, CAUSES,
AND FUTURE PERSPECTIVES
Introduction
3.1 Current Developments and Problems
of Love (Beck und Beck-Gernsheim)
3.1.1 Individualization and New Secular Religion
3.1.1.1 Individualization
Individual Protagonism
3.1.1.3 Detraditionalization and
3.1.1.2 Liberation From Gender Roles
3.1.1.5 Possible Steps Forward
3.1.1.4 Love Serves as the Hinge3.2.1.4 The Relationship Between Personal
and Institutional Aspects
3.1.2 Deinstitutionalization of Marriage (Andrew J. Cherlin)
3.1.2.1 Emotional Satisfaction: the Decisive Criterion
3.1.2.2 Individualized Marriages
3.1.2.3 Motivating Forces of Marriage
3.1.3 Marriage and Modernization (Don S. Browning).
3.1.3.1 Globalization, Modernization, and Families
3.1.3.2 Need for Creating a Counterculture
3.1.3.3 Potentiality of Christianity
3.1.3.4 Ways that Lead to a New Culture of Marriage
3.1.4 Familial and Marital Conflicts
3.1.4.1 Family Conflict
3.1.4.1.1 "Deficit" Model
3.1.4.1.2 "Overload" Model
3.1.4.1.3 "Cultural Tensions" Model
3.1.4.1.4 "Conflict of Interest" Model
3.1.4.1.5 "Anomie" Model
3.1.4.2 Marital Conflict
3.1.4.2.1 Categorization of Couples in
Marital Conflicts
3.1.4.2.2 Typologies Based on Patterns
of Conflict
3.1.4.3 Family Conflict Management
3.2 Chances and Risks of the Current Developments
3.2.1 Changes as Opportunities and Dangers
(Walter Kasper)
3.2.1.1 Causes of the Present Scenario
3.2.1.2 Personalized Understanding of Marriage:
An Opportunity
3.2.1.3 Privatization and Depersonalization as Dangers
3.2.2 Marriage Crisis (Hans-Günter Gruber)
3.2.2.1 Marriage in Crisis: Both on the Level
of Action and Attitude
3.2.2.2 Fragile Marriages and Loss
of Binding Character
3.2.2.3 Alternative Forms of Life and
Partnership as Symptom of Crisis of Marriage
3.2.2.4 Four Models of Marital Dynamics
3.2.2.5 Value Shifts and Consequences
3.2.3 Factors Behind Marriage and Family Crisis
and the Way Forward (Jim Christie)
3.2.3.1 Longevity and Permanence
3.2.3.2 Emotional and Sexual Abuse in the Family
3.2.3.3 Value Shift
3.2.3.4 Companionship, Communication,
and Intimacy.
3.2.3.5 The Emerging New Image of Marriage
3.3 Future Perspectives.
3.3.1 Options for Pastoral Care of the Marriage
and Family Today (Karl Bopp)
3.3.1.1 Three Options for Pastoral Care
3.3.1.1.1 First Option: GradualInward Growth
3.3.1.1.2 Second Option: Need
for Public Support
3.3.1.1.3 Third Option: Love Based on
Believing Trust
3.3.2 Need for Communicating the Teachings
of Vatican II (Vimal Tirimanna)
3.3.3 Changing Forms and Expectations (Augustine Kallely)
3.3.3.1 Transition From Arranged
to Assisted Marriage
3.3.3.2 Characteristics of Assisted Marriages
3.3.3.3 How Marriage and Family are Viewed Today
3.3.4 The Needs to Be More "Scientifically Pastoral"
(Joseph Alencherry)
3.3.4.1 Changes in the Indian Society in View
of Marriage and Family
3.3.4.2 Need of Consistency
3.3.4.3 Suggestions for the Pastoral Care
3.3.4.3.1 In Alencherry's view of the
following areas deserve focussed attention
3.3.4.3.2 Family Counselling in the
Indian Context
3.3.5 Faith and Spirituality in Family and Marriage
3.4 Catholic Church: Perspectives and Pronouncements
3.4.1 Familiaris Consortio (FC)
3.4.1.1 Present Situation of the Families
3.4.1.2 Stages of Pastoral Care
3.4.1.3 Agents of Family Pastoral Care
3.4.2 Letter to the Families (LF)
3.4.2.1 Person, Communion, and Community
3.4.2.2. Civilization of Love against Anti-civilization
3.4.2.3 Individualism and Personalism
3.4.2.4 Family and Society
3.4.2.5 Underlying problem
3.4.2.6 Family as Main Agent of Pastoral Care
3.4.3 The Asian Family Toward a Culture of Integral Life
3.4.3.1 Cultural G4.3 Pastoral Care of Marriage and Family in the
Schoenstatt Movement
3.4.3.2 Patriarchy in the Cultural and Religious
Subconscious of Asia
3.4.3.3 A Counterculture as a Response
to this Situation
3.4.4 Amoris Laetitia (AL)
3.4.4.1 Analysis of the Present Situation and Impacts
3.4.4.2 New Challenges
3.4.4.3 Nature of Pastoral Response: Positive
and Proactive
3.4.4.4 Marriage Preparation
3.4.4.5 Help to Self-help.
3.4.4.6 Dealing with Fragile and Broken Bonds
Summary
Chapter IV
SELECTED MODELS OF MARITAL AND
FAMILY PASTORAL CARE
Introduction
4.1 Équipes Notre-Dame (END)
4.1.1 The Sacrament of Marriage
4.1.2 Marriage Spirituality
4.1.3 Group Meetings
4.1.4 Building the Groups
Freiburg, Germany
4.2 Marital and Family Pastoral Care in the Diocese of
4.2.1 The Goal
4.2.2. Social Situation
4.2.3 Central Challenges
4.2.4 Future Perspectives
4.2.5 Concrete Pastoral Practices
4.3.1 A Short Historical Sketch
4.3.2 Schoenstatt Spirituality: Two Fundamental Principles
4.3.2.1 World's Fundamental Law of Love
4.3.2.2 Psychology of Secondary Causes
4.3.3 The Unique Position of Mary
4.3.4 Schoenstatt Spirituality
4.3.4.1 Covenantal Spirituality: Historical
4.3.4.2 Covenantal Spirituality: Organic
4.3.4.3 Covenantal Spirituality: Connected to Place
4.3.4.4 Covenantal Spirituality in
the Three-dimensional Spirituality
4.3.5 Schoenstatt Pedagogy
4.3.6 Pastoral Care of the Family and Marriage
in Schoenstatt
4.3.6.1 Marriage Preparation Courses
4.3.6.2 Schoenstatt Family Movement as
Self-help Groups
4.3.6.3 Home Shrines and Famili
4.3.6.3.1 Origin and Development
4.3.6.3.2 Pastoral Practices Related to
Home Shrines
4.3.6.3.3 Pastoral Relevance and Possibility
4.3.6.4 Academy for Marriage and Family
4.3.6.4.1 Content and Method
4.3.6.4.2 Distinctive Characteristics
4.3.6.4.3 Scientific Evaluation
4.3.6.4.4 The Result
4.4 The Coalition for Marriage, Family, and Couples
Education (CMFCE)
Summary
Chapter V
CONTOURS OF A CONCEPT OF SUSTAINABLE
MARITAL AND FAMILY PASTORAL CARE
Introduction
5.1 Summary, Synthesis, and Comparative Analysis
5.1.1. Summary and Synthesis
5.1.1.1 Changing Waters
5.1.1.1.1 Eroding of Traditional Basis
5.1.1.1.2 Impacts on Marriage and Family
5.1.1.2 Mismatching Partnerships
5.1.1.3 Migration
5.1.1.4 Role of the Media
5.1.1.5 Resilient Factors
5.1.1.5.1 Family Values, Children,
and Wider Family Network
5.1.1.5.2 Role of Religiosity
5.1.1.6 Responses.
5.1.1.6.1 A Social Strategy
5.1.1.6.2 Educational (Pedagogical) Strategy
5.1.1.6.3 Pastoral Strategy
5.1.1.7 Catholic Understanding and Response
5.1.1.8 Concrete Models of Pastoral Approach
5.1.2 Comparative Analysis
5.2 Contours of a New Pastoral Concept
5.1.1.6.4 Psychological Responses
5.2.1 Aim, Nature, and Scope.
5.2.2 Agents of Pastoral Care
5.2.2.1 The Protagonists
5.2.2.2 Enhancing Competency through
Networking of Pastoral Resources
5.2.3 Conceptual Components
5.2.3.1 Marriage as an Egalitarian Partnership
5.2.3.2 Cultural, Religious, and Social Recognition
5.2.3.3 Nurturing Family as Network of Relationships
5.2.3.4 Pedagogical Pastoral Approach
5.2.3.4.1 Pedagogical Premarital
Preparation Programme
5.2.3.4.2 Pedagogical Post-marital
Accompaniment
5.2.3.5 Couples' and Family Groups
as Self-help Groups
5.2.3.6 Mystagogical Pastoral Care
5.2.3.6.1 Mystagogy
5.2.3.6.2 Application of Mystagogy
to Marriage and Family
5.2.3.7 A New Process of "Traditioning"
5.2.3.8 Balanced and Healthy Approach to Sexuality
5.2.3.9 Merciful Approach to the Broken Love
5.2.3.9.1 Accompanying - Discerning -
Integrating
5.2.3.9.2 Returning to the Ancient Syro-
Malabar Tradition
5.2.3.10 A Psycho-Spiritual Approach
5.2.3.10.1 Evil Possession, Exorcism,
and Therapy