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.
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"Prichard's new book combines many of the things that a member of the clergy needs to navigate, pastorally and theologically, through the waters of today's issues surrounding marriage and weddings. Prichard combines a clear and deep knowledge of the history of the issues and the rites with an easy-to-read and immediately accessible writing style that draws the reader into the insights that await. But of most importance, this book provides so much of the knowledge and critical tools needed to take practical action in the everyday issues of pastoral and ritual ministry for those who are getting married and those who are already married. I plan to have this book on my class reading list." --Nathan G. Jennings, Assistant Professor of Liturgics and Anglican Studies, Seminary of the Southwest, Austin, Texas
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"Cohabiting Couples & Cold Feet offers pastors who preside at marriages a great deal of wisdom in short space. Bob Prichard's wide research, open eyes to the diversity of the present social scene, and thoughtful reflection on many pastors' shared experience have come together in a useful, practical, comprehensive, and generously Christian guide to the whole event of marriage. Clergy with long experience and with none will alike find this book helpful, thought-provoking, and wise."
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This is a terrific book for neophyte clergy. I used it extensively in working with the first couple I met for premarital counseling, and the suggestions for rehearsal were invaluable. Great work, Bob Prichard!
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