2011Soc200 Workshop1

SOC200SOC200Marriage and FamilyMarriage and Family

Instructor: Glenn JohnsonInstructor: Glenn Johnson

SOC200 Marriage and FamilySOC200 Marriage and Family

INTRODUCTIONSINTRODUCTIONS•Who Are You? Who Are You?

•Who Are Your People?Who Are Your People?•What Is Your Vocation?What Is Your Vocation?•What Is Your Spiritual What Is Your Spiritual

Tradition (if any)?Tradition (if any)?

What’s one of the most significant family memories you have and how

did it impact you?


DEVOTION & PRAYERDEVOTION & PRAYER

Then God said, "Let us make man in our image, in our likeness, and let them rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, over all the earth, and over all the creatures that

move along the ground." So God created man in his own image, in the image of

God he created him; male and female he created them.”

Genesis 1:26-27, NIV


SYLLABUS REVIEWSYLLABUS REVIEW

WE WILL BE FLEXIBLE!

MY APPROACH: Biblical Worldview/Christian Perspective

CONFIDENTIALITY: Guaranteed

YOU WON’T BE REQUIRED TO SHARE ANYTHING WITH WHICH YOU ARE NOT COMFORTABLE

SYLLABUS: Review Together

Q & A


BREAKBREAK

7:00-7:10


WHY STUDY MARRIAGE AND WHY STUDY MARRIAGE AND FAMILY?FAMILY?

Why don’t we have an accurate picture of marriage just by observing those around

us?

What are some of your own examples of myths about marriage and family?


SMALL GROUP SHARING OF SMALL GROUP SHARING OF FAMILY TYPESFAMILY TYPES

7:10-7:407:10-7:40

1.Take 2-3 Minutes Per Person To Share From Your Paper

2. Describe Your Current Family & How You Fit In It, Utilizing Key Terms

You Used From The Text


FAMILY WORD ASSOCIATION FAMILY WORD ASSOCIATION GAMEGAME

You Get To See A Series of Pictures of Families Made Popular In American

Culture…..

What’s The First Word That Comes To Your Mind?



Gee, Beav!



Eeeedit!!



One of these days, one of these days... POW! RIGHT IN THE KISSER!



Marcia, Marcia, Marcia!!



I hate that Nellie Oleson!



I just had another one of my brilliant ideas!



Wednesday, play with your food!



….what’d he say?



Is this a family?




OLD TESTAMENT REFERENCES OLD TESTAMENT REFERENCES TO FAMILY & MARRIAGETO FAMILY & MARRIAGE

Then God said, "Let us make man in our image, in our likeness, and let them rule

over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, over all the earth, and

over all the creatures that move along the ground." So God created man in his own

image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.” God

blessed them and said to them, "Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and

subdue it. Rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and over every living

creature that moves on the ground." Genesis 1:26-28, NIV



The Lord God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it.

And the Lord God commanded the man, "You are free to eat from any tree in the garden; but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of

good and evil, for when you eat of it you will surely die."

The Lord God said, "It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him." Now the Lord God had formed out of the ground all the beasts of the field and all the birds of the air. He brought them to the man to see what he would name them; and whatever the man called

each living creature, that was its name. Genesis 2:15-19 NIV



So the man gave names to all the livestock, the birds of the air and all the beasts of the field. But

for Adam no suitable helper was found. So the Lord God caused the man to fall into a deep

sleep; and while he was sleeping, he took one of the man's ribs and closed up the place with flesh. Then the Lord God made a woman from the rib he had taken out of the man, and he brought her to the

man. The man said, "This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called 'woman,' for she was taken out of man." For this reason a

man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh.

The man and his wife were both naked, and they felt no shame. Genesis 2:20-25 NIV


WHY OUR STUDY OF WHY OUR STUDY OF MARRIAGE AND FAMILY IS MARRIAGE AND FAMILY IS

IMPORTANTIMPORTANT

Insight into the Self

Understanding of Others

Enrichment of One’s Own Family Life

Help/Serve/Minister To Others


SOCIAL, LEGAL and BIBLICAL SOCIAL, LEGAL and BIBLICAL PERSPECTIVES PERSPECTIVES

Social Arrangement

Legal Contract

Biblical Perspectives


BREAKBREAK

8:15-8:30


HISTORY OF THE FAMILY: HISTORY OF THE FAMILY: Types of FamiliesTypes of Families

POLYGAMYA marriage generally including more than

2 partners

Warren Jeffs

Utah and Texas: Two Approaches

-2006: On FBI’s Top 10 Most Wanted-Current President of Fundamentalist Church of Latter Day Saints



POLYGANY

Where a man is married to more than one wife; no marriage bond between wives

-Is This Polygany By Definition?



POLYANDRY

Where a woman is married to more than one husband; no marriage bond between

husbands



MONOGAMY

A form of marriage where a person has only one spouse at a time

Do these portrayals of monogamy trivialize/diminish it in any way in American

culture?


HISTORY OF THE FAMILYHISTORY OF THE FAMILY

Must Look At:

European Settlers

Native Americans

Africans Brought As Slaves



19th Century

Expansive Growth in Human Knowledge

Family: Public Institution

Industrial Revolution (1750-1830)

Private



DIVORCE RATES IN 19th CENTURY

1870: 1 Per 100 Marriages

1890: 4.5 Per 100 Marriages



19th Century:HOMESTEAD ACT of 1862



20-21st Century/Modern AmericaTraditional Family?

Breakdown of family was evident early in 1900’s

Laws Passed to Curb Decline

Effects of WWI, WWII

1950’s Traditional Family



20-21st Century/Modern America

1960’s “Beat Culture”

Saw the influence of pop culture upon

family systems grow exponentially




1970’s Economic Optismism Gone

Middle Class Families Become More Prominent

As Result of Growing Economic Disparity

Between Wealthy and Not-So-Wealthy




1980s and the Rise of the Culture of Fear -So This Is What We Get?




TODAY….

Divorce Rate: 40-50%

About 1/3 of All Births Are To Unwed Mothers

COHABITATION: 5% of Couples

GENDER SEXUALITY ROLES: Morphing

2019: 30% of Population=Elderly


PANEL DISCUSSION SIGN UPPANEL DISCUSSION SIGN UPINSTRUCTIONS

1. Students will sign up for one Panel Discussion per week

2. I will assign, by show of hands for that topic in the Workshop you indicate interest in

3. We will only have 2 Panel Discussions from Workshops 2-5, so as to facilitate discussion amongst the Panel. One Panel will have 3 students; the other will have 4

4. Each student will need to prepare a 5 minute or so introduction to the subject, reflecting their

interpretation of the issues5. Turn in a 5-source Bibliography

6. To aid in preparation, ask yourself the following: what are the controversial issues on both sides? What

interests me about either position? How would a social researcher go about defining the issues? What biblical

solutions appear to apply?


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