Includes bibliographical references and index

The difficult question of what family is about -- Family as mystery ; 'What is family about?' as a basic, open and neutral moral question -- A focus in exploring what family might mean: givenness and dependence -- The current state of the family -- Family as a moral problem -- Gabriel Marcel: Approaching family as mystery -- A mystery approach as a theological contribution to family research -- The mystery approach of this book -- The Family Tie as Mystery ; Family ties in Sophocles' Antigone -- Judith Butler's trouble reading Antigone in view of family -- The ethical complexity of Hegel's view of family -- The critical potential of Hegel's attention for the unreflective morality of family -- Conclusion: The unnameable family tie and the divine law -- Family and givenness as mystery -- Rembrandt: What may the image of an ordinary family scene evoke? -- Contemporary views of givenness as the natural: Brenda Almond and Don Browning -- Understanding kinship as made instead of given in recent anthropology -- Conclusion: Family as a 'strong image' and taking givenness actively -- Family and dependence as mystery ; Hosea's lived image of an adulterous family

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