Cohabiting Couples & Cold Feet: A Practical Marriage-Preparation Guide for Clergy - Softcover

Prichard, Robert W.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0898696038 ISBN 13: 9780898696035

Publisher: CHURCH PUBLISHING INC, 2008

Synopsis

Clergy today are faced with a profound shift in American attitudes about marriage that affects the role they play with each couple. Our society at large today has strikingly different attitudes from those of just fifty years ago. Couples today are more likely to have cohabited before marriage, more likely to have children born out of wedlock, more likely to be married outside of the church, and more likely to be previously divorced than were their counterparts of the mid-20th century.

This new pastoral resource, grounded in real-life examples, will be an important new pastoral tool for clergy and seminarians in the Episcopal Church and other mainline Protestant churches.

It is organized chronologically, beginning with how to engage the couple making a first-time contact with a member of the clergy. It next unpacks the marriage rite itself, within contemporary and traditional viewpoints. Finally, the book addresses the critically important application of long-term support for the couple throughout their married lives.

About this title

About the Author

Robert W. Prichard is professor of church history and pastoral theology at Virginia Theological Seminary and is an Episcopal priest.

Edition details

• Publisher: CHURCH PUBLISHING INC
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0898696038
• ISBN 13: 9780898696035
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 141