Alternative Weddings: An Essential Guide for Creating Your Own Ceremony [Paperback]

Jane Ross-MacDonald (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 1, 1997

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.

Product Details

• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: Taylor Trade Publishing (April 1, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0878339779
• ISBN-13: 978-0878339778
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.9 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #422,740 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #28 in Books > Crafts, Hobbies & Home > Weddings > Ceremony

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58 of 61 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars open-minded & unique!, December 28, 1999

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This review is from: Alternative Weddings: An Essential Guide for Creating Your Own Ceremony (Paperback)

This book makes no assumptions about your marriage -- the authors don't care if you're gay, straight, christian, jewish, pagan, agnostic, old, young, whatever. The author just provides thoughtful assistance & suggestions for planning a wedding ceremony that's meaningful to *you*. The sample texts are lovely & varied, w/something to suit anyone tired of the same old ceremony you hear on tv.

35 of 35 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent source for non-traditional people!, February 21, 1999

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This review is from: Alternative Weddings: An Essential Guide for Creating Your Own Ceremony (Paperback)

All the wedding books at my local bookstores gave a plethora of all the traditional wedding hooplah, but there were no books about alternatives to that. I found this book on Amazon and decided to give it a try! It was just what I was looking for. Covering everything from legal requirements to sample vows, to poetry/music ideas, this book has it all, including info on the humanist association and unitarian church, which can sometimes be useful when looking for a celebrant. Unfortunately, I live in a state where there are no humanist celebrants; it would have been nice if MacDonald offered some alternatives to this. A second minor flaw in the book was that it was just too short! I wanted MORE sample vows, and more sample ceremonies, and more contacts than just what this book covered. It was an excellent source of ideas, however, and gave me the permission to think about my wildest wedding fantasies! If you're tired of the traditional wedding schlock, this is an excellent place to start.

33 of 34 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent reference, October 4, 2000

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This review is from: Alternative Weddings: An Essential Guide for Creating Your Own Ceremony (Paperback)

This book is an excellent resource for anyone creating their own ceremony. It contains transcripts of an astounding array of wedding ceremonies, from a wide variety of cultures and religions. A very nice way to see how many others have broken out of the confines of the same, tired old wedding ceremony and encourages you to find what is meaningful to YOU. We chose different ideas from various ceremonies that resonated for us; it was a great help in writing our own wedding ceremony and vows.