Divorce and Religion
The divorce process can be difficult on its own, but combining civil action with religious traditions often adds to the confusion and hardship. Historically, the Western legal tradition concerning divorce was richly steeped in the Catholic Church’s standards for separation. However, the secularization of the modern world has changed the legal landscape of American divorce proceedings. Many individuals still marry according to their own religious beliefs, meaning that it should come as no surprise when a divorce is similarly characterized by a couple’s preferred religious doctrines.
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Religious Views of Divorce
With so many religions holding so many different attitudes towards divorce, having a general knowledge of the major sects can help establish an understanding of how complicated divorce can become. According to some of the major world religions, divorce occurs in the following ways:
- Conservative Protestant traditions try to avoid divorce altogether, but usually rely on civil courts if the marriage causes too much suffering
- In the Catholic tradition, annulment is the primary form of separation
- Conservative Jewish traditions ask the man to serve his wife divorce documents, although there are means for women to pursue divorce on their own
- Reformed Jewish traditions usually leave divorce to the civil courts
- Islam’s Sharia law grants husbands and wives their own methods of filing for divorce
- Under Buddhist traditions, divorce is generally left to the civil courts
- Traditional Hinduism tries to forgo divorce, but has accepted stipulations in emergency cases
While these are the common standards, they do not reflect all sects and members of each religion. Each person and even larger organizations may hold their own opinion on the matters of marriage and divorce. However, civil courts in America have legal power in matters of divorce.
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