Mutuality Matters: Family, Faith, and Just Love

Previous principles of hierarchy, inequality, and duty that defined the relationships between husband, wife, and children have been challenged and often replaced by more fluid bonds of equality, intimacy, emotional self-disclosure, communication, and mutual trust. The key question that has emerged for our times, then, is how exactly do families sustain genuine mutuality, democracy, and strong relationships? Figuring out good answers to this question is the major theme of this book and the origin of the title Mutuality Matters.

Barbara E. Bowe, R.S.C.J., is currently professor of New Testament at the Catholic Theological Union in Chicago, where she teaches courses in biblical studies and early Christianity and is director of the Biblical Spirituality Program