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Chapter Overview
Chapter 1: Marriage is in decline across Western societies.
Chapter 2: Marriage can make you richer and happier than you expect.
Chapter 3: Modern views of marriage set an impossibly high bar for finding spouses.
Chapter 4: Seeing marriage as a work in progress helps keep us realistic.
Chapter 5: Marriage offers the chance for a richer, more intimate relationship.
Chapter 6: Marriage is, above all, a friendship.
Chapter 7: There is no hiding in marriage, which can make us better people.
Description
The Meaning of Marriage (2011) is a meditation on marriage in an age of skyrocketing divorce rates and growing skepticism that a life of monogamy can deliver true happiness. Pastor Timothy Keller and theologian Kathy Keller ask what’s gone wrong – why are so many couples hesitant to take their vows and so many others calling it quits on their marriages? The authors’ answer: we’re far too idealistic, set impossible standards, and have forgotten the true meaning of matrimony – learning to love anew each day, a lesson at the heart of the Bible’s teachings.
Who Should Listen
- Singles looking for their soulmates
- Would-be divorcees thinking about giving it another chance
- Engaged people wondering what married life has in store