Marriage and Religion

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Marriage and Religion
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Christian Marriage

• Christians believe that marriage is a gift from
  God and that it is a reflection of the loving
  relationship between God and His people.
• They say it is the right environment for a
  couple to have sex and for having children.
• Getting married in a church, in front of God,
  family and friends is very important.

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Christian Marriage

• The couple make these promises
• I take you to be my wedded husband/wife,
• to have and to holdfrom this day forwardfor
  better, for worse,for richer, for poorer,in
  sickness and in health,to love and to
  cherish,till death do us part.

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Can you remember the different things mentioned
in the promises?

• To have and ___________
• From this day forward
• For better, ___________
• For richer, ___________
• In sickness and __________
• To love and ____________
• Till ________________

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Muslim Marriage

• Marriages have to be declared publicly. They
  should never be done in secret. There is usually
  a large feast, or walimah - a party which shows
  everyone that the couple are married and belong
  to each other.

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Muslim Marriage

• The actual Muslim wedding is known as a nikah.
  It is a simple ceremony. Normally, the ceremony
  consists of reading from the Qur'an, and the
  exchange of vows in front of witnesses for both
  partners.

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Muslim Marriage

• A Muslim wife has many rights in the marriage. 
  A sum of money called a dowry is paid to the
  woman, she is allowed to keep this, even if the
  marriage fails and ends up in divorce.

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Can you explain what these words mean?

• walimah
• niqah
• dowry

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Jewish Marriage
A Jewish husband promises to feed, clothe and
care for his wife.
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Jewish Marriage
The marriage takes place under a Chuppah, a
canopy held up by four poles.  The Chuppah is a
symbol of their new life together in their own
home.  Both bride and groom fast until after the
ceremony.
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Jewish Marriage
The Rabbi blesses the couple and then the new
husband breaks a glass with his foot.  It is a
reminder or symbol of the destruction of the
Temple back in the history of Judaism. 
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What do these two things symbolise?

• The Chuppah
• The breaking of a glass