INTERFAITH MARRIAGES, A SOCIAL PROBLEM NOWADAYS. THE THEOLOGICAL BACKGROUND OF IT IN THE BIBLE
INTERFAITH MARRIAGES, A SOCIAL PROBLEM NOWADAYS. THE THEOLOGICAL BACKGROUND OF IT IN THE BIBLE

Summary/Abstract: Marriage is a part of individual life as well as a social issue and when it comes to youth this must be regarded even more carefully. The concept of ‘interfaith marriage’ denotes marital union wherein the partners belong tothe different faith or religion. The definition of ‘interfaith marriage’ as well asits type will be discussed in detail hereinafter. For the purpose of this paper, our main concern will be on the issues of interfaith marriage in which one of the parties to such marriage is always in difficulties for social involvement and the families of both parties regard their in-laws as outsiders. Therefore, suchkind of couples are always in problems with social behavior, adaptation and acceptance, and their children have also problems in society. Since the traditional response on behalf of Orthodox Church is to deny any of these situations of interfaith marriage on the one hand, and the contractual, legalcases of marriage are growing in number lately…What response should such couples have to this social rejection? What legal possibilities have religions to accept or tolerate these interfaith marriage?

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