From This Day Forward--Rethinking the Christian Wedding (Paperback)

Weddings have become a billion-dollar industry, with the average cost of a wedding estimated at $30,000. Taking into account dramatic shifts in attitudes toward marriage in recent years, many pastors are confused and frustrated about their role. This book offers a foundational understanding of marriage for today's North American church. Exploring current sociological analyses of marriage and the history of Christian marriage rites, Kimberly Bracken Long suggests that the church rethink its involvement in weddings and offers a distinctively Christian understanding of marriage. Today's church, Long contends, needs to reinterpret classic biblical metaphors and expand the range of scriptural sources that inform our understanding of marriage. Long also looks closely at each element of the wedding service and what makes a marriage liturgy faithful, inclusive, and sensitive to pastoral concerns. She provides practical suggestions for music and Scripture during wedding services as well as guidance on how to respond faithfully to those who are divorced or divorcing. Packed with constructive pastoral wisdom, From This Day ForwardRethinking the Christian Wedding delivers a practical theology of marriage that will be of help to clergy, seminarians, and others interested in this topic.

General

Imprint:	Westminster/John Knox Press,U.S.
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	May 2016
Authors:	Kimberly Bracken Long
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 12mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	200
ISBN-13:	978-0-664-23930-5
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Christianity > Christian worship > General Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Christianity > Christian life & practice > General Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Christianity > Christian institutions & organizations > Christian ministry & pastoral activity Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > Family & relationships > General Books > Religion & Spirituality > Christianity > Christian institutions & organizations > Christian ministry & pastoral activity Books > Religion & Spirituality > Christianity > Christian life & practice > General Books > Religion & Spirituality > Christianity > Christian worship > General Books > Christianity > Christian Worship Books > Christianity > Christian institutions & organizations > Christian ministry & pastoral activity Books > Christianity > Christian life & practice
LSN:	0-664-23930-7
Barcode:	9780664239305

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