“Despite their strong pro-family values, evangelical Christians have higher than average divorce rates — in fact, being more likely to be divorced than Americans who claim no religion,” says the report, compiled by Baylor for the Council on Contemporary Families.
5, 2014) -- Despite their strong pro-family values, evangelical Christians have higher than average divorce rates -- in fact, being more likely to be divorced than Americans who claim no religion, according to findings as cited by researchers from Baylor University.
Overall, the divorce rate among Christians is just as high if not higher than the overall divorce rate in society. Although this is saddening, it's important to understand why more Christian marriages are ending in divorce so that steps may be taken to prevent it from continuing.
Among Catholics who have ever been married, roughly one-third (34%) have experienced a divorce.
The main reason Christian marriages end in divorce is due to the inability to forgive. When disappointments occur, a couple has to be ready to deal with the issues and choose to forgive. Otherwise, bitterness wells up in the heart and casts a dark cloud over the marriage.
Hinduism and Divorce
Historically, divorce was forbidden in Hindu relationships as women had an inferior standing in culture and society. And since Hinduism considers marriage a sacrament and life-long promise made in the presence of several gods, divorce was never an option.
The Catechism says, “Divorce is a grave offense against the natural law. It claims to break the contract, to which the spouses freely consented, to live with each other till death. Divorce does injury to the covenant of salvation, of which sacramental marriage is the sign.
Every nation in the world allows its residents to divorce under some conditions except the Philippines (though Muslims in the Philippines have the right to divorce) and the Vatican City, an ecclesiastical sovereign city-state, which has no procedure for divorce.
Muslim supporters of polygamy often cite Quran verse 4:3, which instructs men to take as many wives as they can take care of, up to four, and they also point out that the Prophet Muhammad had multiple wives.
Research from the U. S. Census Bureau has indicated that African-American men have the highest divorce rate out of all racial/ethnic groups in the United States. In 2018, 39. 4 percent of African-American men were divorced, compared to 38. 3 percent of American Indian or Alaska Native men, 25.
Those of the Mormon, Jehovah's Witness, Jewish, Muslim, Hindu and Buddhist faith boast of a divorce rate of only 1%. Age has always been a popular factor to study in regards to divorce rates.
84% Of 12 Million Married Children Under 10 Are Hindus.
The Maldives has the highest divorce rate in the world, at approximately 5.5 divorces per 1,000 people. This has been an issue for some time now, with more and more couples deciding to end their marriages instead of choosing to stay together.
The pattern across religious traditions is generally consistent across studies: Mormons and conservative Protestants are the earliest to marry, followed by mainline Protestants and Catholics, and then Jews and the religiously unaffiliated (Lehrer 2000; Xu, Hudspeth, and Bartkowski 2005).
In the first, Matthew quotes Jesus as saying: “It was also said, 'Whoever divorces his wife, except on the grounds of porneia (sexual immorality), makes her an adulteress; and whoever marries a divorced woman commits adultery.” (Matthew 5:31-32).
Divorce and the Catholic Church
The first thing Catholics should know is that divorce is not a sin that should keep a divorced Catholic from receiving the sacraments. A divorced or separated person is not excommunicated and is still a Catholic in good standing.
For most of Jewish history, one law has held supreme for divorce: only the man can declare a marriage over. While they've developed workarounds, both Conservative and Orthodox Judaism still accept this principle.
Buddhism. Buddhism has no religious concept of marriage (see Buddhist view of marriage). In Buddhism, marriage is a secular affair, subject to local customs.
Islamic tradition
In general, the Quran tells Muslim men not to marry Non-Muslim women, and it tells Muslim women not to marry Non-Muslim men, but it makes an allowance for Muslim men to marry women of the People of the Book (usually Jews, Christians, and Sabians). No such allowances are made for women.
According to Georgetown's Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate reports that 28% of Catholic marriages end in divorce, about 10% than the rate among Protestants. This amount is far below the declared national average and likely below non-religious affiliated marriages as well.
This Christian teaching is echoed in 1 Corinthians 7:10–11, which forbids divorce and states that those spouses who have deserted their husband/wife should return their partner; if that is absolutely impossible, the husband and wife should remain chaste.
The Qur'an promotes reconciliation, through negotiated settlements between the spouses themselves or the use of arbitrators from their families. However, when “mutual good treatment” is not possible, there should be an amicable parting. Thus, the Qur'an treats divorce as something permitted but not laudable.