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Post-Covid Biblical vision unveiled by Jubilee Centre

Post-Covid Biblical vision unveiled by Jubilee Centre

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The Cambridge-based Jubilee Centre is gathering leading Christian thinkers to explore opportunities for social reform ‘rooted in a Biblical vision for society’ after Covid.

Executive Director Jonathan Tame (pictured left) said: ‘The coronavirus pandemic has created a pivotal moment in history. Sweeping changes have upended established norms, given vast power to the state and amplified the impact of inequality. How will this be rolled back, and what will the post-Covid-19 landscape look like? Is there a distinct contribution that comes from a Biblical perspective?’

Cohabitation?

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Contrary to expectations, although more than four out of five couples in Britain choose to live together before getting married, marriage remains the most likely eventual long-term choice made by cohabiting couples.

Around three in five couples who stop cohabiting decide to get married, while less than two in five separate, so marriage is still the preferred relationship choice of the vast majority of adults. However, cohabitation is typically a short-lived and fragile state on its own terms, and those couples who cohabit prior to marriage are at a greatly increased risk of divorce.