Alternative Weddings: An Essential Guide for Creating Your Own Ceremony

by Jane Ross-MacDonald

Alternative Weddings offers information on how to infuse a ceremony with personal significance or simply spice up a conventional ceremony by incorporating elements from various religious and non-religious traditions. Featuring sample services and real-life examples, spouses-to-be learn how to develop a custom wedding unique to their particular beliefs and interests, while maintaining a sense of solemnity, ritual, and spirituality.

Genres: Nonfiction

192 pages, Paperback

First published July 25, 1997

Reviews

[Myridian · Rating 4 out of 5]

Of all the wedding books I've read thus far, this is my favorite. Neither my fiance nor I are religious, and we are interested in making the ritual celebrating our marriage something that is meaningful to us rather than something that simply fits a particular tradition. This book discusses the history of different aspects of wedding ceremonies and then takes you through the wording associated with various types of ceremonies, including examples of nontraditional ones. Reading the history was fascinating and made me more thoughtful about what I wanted to include, and then reading about the ceremonies themselves gave me a lot of ideas about what I would want someone to say. This is an excellent resource for the nontraditional couple who wants to move away from simply saying the same old same old.

[Ruhegeist · Rating 3 out of 5]

didn't actually finish or read every word. had some good ideas.