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Beginning your marriage
Interfaith Edition
- GenresReligionNonfiction
160 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1975
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John L. Thomas
29 booksThe Rev. John L. Thomas was a Jesuit sociologist, author and former writer in residence at Marquette University in Milwaukee.
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June 30, 2022
Good book on starting your marrige. Recommend a read.
June 10, 2012
I seem to recall writing a review for this one already, but it seems to have fallen through the cracks of my "book catch-up" around the wedding haze.
After doing quite a lot of reading that focused on the "bridal" experience of marriage, it was a nice counterpoint to read a book intended to acknowledge both sides of the couple. I also liked that this book, unlike other marriage books I've read, was focused on the spiritual aspects of marriage. I did feel like a lot of the advice was fairly trite or common sense, but that may be needed by people who still think more about the wedding than the lifetime that comes after it. While the chapter about child-rearing rather beautifully elevated the raising of children to a spiritual journey, it lost me when the author referred to married couples who did not want children as "selfish." That is a tired old idea that really has got to go, and I'll be passing this book on as well.
After doing quite a lot of reading that focused on the "bridal" experience of marriage, it was a nice counterpoint to read a book intended to acknowledge both sides of the couple. I also liked that this book, unlike other marriage books I've read, was focused on the spiritual aspects of marriage. I did feel like a lot of the advice was fairly trite or common sense, but that may be needed by people who still think more about the wedding than the lifetime that comes after it. While the chapter about child-rearing rather beautifully elevated the raising of children to a spiritual journey, it lost me when the author referred to married couples who did not want children as "selfish." That is a tired old idea that really has got to go, and I'll be passing this book on as well.
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