Marriage Encounter
Don Demarest, Marilyn Sexton, Jerry Sexton · 1977
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About the book
Marriage Encounter is an answer to the doom-cryers who claim that monogamy is outmoded and that the nuclear family, like the extended family, is on its way out. It is a challenge to the statistics which demonstrate that the divorce rate in the US is overtaking marriages (in 1922 one marriage in 7 ended in divorce, in 1972 one in 3, in 1975 for the first time one million couples filed for divorce). Marriage Encounter is an unabashed affirmation of marriage, a celebration of the family. The core of Marriage Encounter, the initial experience, is a weekend in which 10-25 married couples are given an opportunity to examine their lives together, free from everyday distractions. They are urged to explore their relationship -- their individual weaknesses and strong points, their hidden hurts, dreams, disappointments, their joys and frustrations -- openly and lovingly in a face-to-face encounter with the one person they have chosen to live with for the rest of their lives. The weekend is presented by a team of two or three previously Encountered couples and a minister, usually a priest. - Introduction.
Book details
- Year
- 1977
- Language
- English
- Publisher
- Carillon Books
- Editions
- 1
- ISBN
- 9780893100520
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