Hello all. I\u2019m doing a piece for America on what you might call \u201calternative kinship.\u201d Nonmarital, nonsexual forms of belonging and making family, which take place in a Christian context. The ones I\u2019m most interested in are those adorned with ritual and formal promises, like the vows of friendship Wes Hill describes in his excellent Spiritual Friendship, but I\u2019d also be interested in other ways people build practical and spiritual ties outside of marriage and religious orders\/priesthood.<\/p>\n
If you have promised to share your life with someone as their friend, godmother, godbrother, community member, \u201csister in Christ,\u201d celibate partner, or anything else, I\u2019d love to hear from you. You don\u2019t have to be Catholic although I am currently narrowing this huge subject down by only looking at promises and rituals within Christian faith. I\u2019m looking for relationships which have both practical consequences and spiritual beauty; I\u2019d like to explore not only what these vocations can offer our churches, but also what the challenges are of living out forms of love that often go unrecognized by society, the economy, and even the churches.<\/p>\n
If you\u2019re willing to be interviewed, please email me eve_tushnet@yahoo.com . And if you know someone who might fit the bill, please share this with them! I\u2019d like to get as many voices as possible.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Hello all. I\u2019m doing a piece for America on what you might call \u201calternative kinship.\u201d Nonmarital, nonsexual forms of belonging and making family, which take place in a Christian context. The ones I\u2019m most interested in are those adorned with ritual and formal promises, like the vows of friendship Wes Hill describes in his excellent […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1071,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[78,30,27],"class_list":["post-10675","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mackerel-snapping","tag-home-is-anywhere-you-hang-your-head","tag-mackerel-snapping-2","tag-vocation"],"yoast_head":"\n