The state of being in fundamental agreement, yet also at odds, characterized Mead’s marriage to Luther Cressman. They both gravitated toward socially oriented, modernist Christianity and became active in church ministry. They both eventually decided that further education and work as a social scientist were more congenial than parish service. They differed in their assessment of their brief marriage. She called it her “student marriage,” because it coincided with the years of her graduate education. That descriptor pained him, as it seemed to classify their union as an adolescent phase, on par with young people cohabiting rather than making a solid commitment. He was committed to her, and to their marriage. The commitment was less wholehearted on her part, for so many reasons that it is difficult to pinpoint which one mattered most.
O desafio da interdisciplinaridade nos Programas de Pós-graduação em Ciências Ambientais
