BLENDING EAST AND WEST:

As the world becomes a more connected place the opportunity for cross-cultural marriages has increased significantly. Such marriages offer hope for the future regarding cross-cultural relations on multiple levels but they also pose challenges insofar as marital partners having different orientations regarding what can be expected in such an arrangement. A cross-cultural marriage opens the door for different expectations to arise regarding what the concept of a marriage is. Introducing children into the cross-cultural union spawns even more fundamental questions. If divorce results then the concept of what a divorce represents is on the table as well.

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Dr. Jim Schnell, Ph.D. (Université de l'Ohio) a pris sa retraite de l'armée de l'air américaine au grade de colonel, a pris sa retraite de l'enseignement universitaire après avoir accédé au rang de professeur titulaire et a obtenu sa maîtrise en théologie à l'école méthodiste de l'Ohio. Il a été quatre fois boursier Fulbright (Cambodge, Myanmar, Kosovo et Bénin).