Polygamy, the Natural Law and St. Thomas The University Concourse - In her lead article last issue Kathleen van Schaijik cites others as citing "adult students" at a theological institute as citing St. Thomas as writing that polygamy is permissible according to the natural law, becaus http://www.theuniversityconcourse.com/II,2,10-2-1996/Waldstein.htm Theuniversityconcourse.com~Site InfoWhoisTrace RouteRBL Check
African Woman Leads Crusade Against Polygamy Reproduced from the New York Times. Tells of an effort to end this traditional rural practice in Ivory Coast, where the economics of hardscrabble farming have long encouraged men to take more than one wife. http://www.hartford-hwp.com/archives/34/015.html Hartford-hwp.com~Site InfoWhoisTrace RouteRBL Check
Accept Polygamy as an African Tradition, WCC Told ENI - The general secretary of the Zimbabwe Council of Churches, Densen Mafinyani, has urged the World Council of Churches to stop quibbling over whether an African church which tolerates polygamy should be accepted as a WCC member. http://www.eni.ch/assembly/0580.html Eni.ch~Site InfoWhoisTrace RouteRBL Check
Polygamy Issue Resolved Announcement that the question of polygamy and clergy in the Celestial Church of Christ was resolved, and the denomination would be recommended for full World Council of Churches membership. http://www.wcc-coe.org/wcc/assembly/ejubilee/7-piece5.htm Wcc-coe.org~Site InfoWhoisTrace RouteRBL Check
Polygamy Not Justified Now Muslimedia - The verses in the Qur'an concerning polygamy refer primarily to the economic perspective of marriage in Islam. http://www.muslimedia.com/archives/features98/polygamy.htm Muslimedia.com~Site InfoWhoisTrace RouteRBL Check
Marriage Issues Send my Daughter Wrong Message USA Today, William Mattox Jr. - As the parents of a teenage daughter who hopes to get married someday, my wife and I not only have a stake in what our daughter is taught about marriage, we have a stake in what other people's sons are taught as well. http://www.usatoday.com/news/comment/2001-08-21-ncguest1.htm Usatoday.com~Site InfoWhoisTrace RouteRBL Check
Polygamy, African Christians and the Anglican Communion In parts of Africa, the central missionary question is polygamy. The Bible is of course quite clear on the subject. Polygamy is fine in the Old Testament; and even in the New, it is only bishops who are required to be 'the husband of one wife. http://www.loper.org/~george/trends/1998/Jul/91.html Loper.org~Site InfoWhoisTrace RouteRBL Check
Two Homes, Two Families, Two Wives Christian Science Monitor - Thawabta and about 20 percent of the men in his village, according to local estimates, maintain that the Koran provides the framework for polygamy. http://www.csmonitor.com/durable/2000/08/10/fp12s1-csm.shtml Csmonitor.com~Site InfoWhoisTrace RouteRBL Check