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Should all Christians be married? Although we might quickly respond "no," our cultural stories and norms -- including those in the church -- often communicate "yes." Theologian and husband Kutter Callaway considers why marriage, which is a blessing from God, shouldnt be expected or required of all Christians. Through an examination of Scripture, cultural analysis, and personal accounts, he reflects on how our narratives have limited our understanding of marriage and obscured our view of the life-giving and kingdom-serving roles of single people in the church. In doing so, Callaway helps the church craft a new story that transforms the way we look at marriage and affirms the contributions of all to the body of Christ.
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Kutter Callaway (kuttercallaway.com) is assistant professor of theology and culture at Fuller Theological Seminary. He has been actively engaged in writing and speaking on the interaction between theology and culture--particularly film, television, and online media--in both academic and popular forums.Dr. Callaway's current writing project is concerned with the aesthetic dimensions of atheism. His most recent book is Breaking the Marriage Idol: Reconstructing our Cultural and Spiritual Norms (IVP, 2018) . He is also the author of Watching TV Religiously: Television and Theology in Dialogue (Baker Academic, 2016) and Scoring Transcendence: Contemporary Film Music as Religious Experience (Baylor, 2013) . He additionally contributed to Halos and Avatars (2010) , the first book on theology and video games, and Don't Stop Believin' (2012) , a dictionary of religion and popular culture.Callaway has been a steering committee member for the Religion, Film, and Visual Culture group at the American Academy of Religion since 2013. He has also served on the Windrider Film Forum Advisory Board and on the steering committee for the Brehm Center's Church in Contemporary Culture Initiative since 2011. His professional memberships include the American Academy of Religion, Society of Biblical Literature, Society for Pentecostal Studies, and AAR/SBL/ASOR Rocky Mountain and Great Plains Region. He is ordained as a Baptist minister.
