TY  - BOOK
AU  - Gushee,David P.
TI  - Getting marriage right: realistic counsel for saving and strengthening relationships 
SN  - 0801012627
AV  - BT 706 G972 2004
PY  - 2004///
CY  - Grand Rapids, MI
PB  - Baker Books
KW  - MARRIAGE
KW  - RELIGIOUS ASPECTS
KW  - CHRISTIANITY
N1  - Includes bibliographical references; Part 1 AMID THE RUINS --
1. Fading fast: the decline of marriage as an institution --
2. Structural damage: why marriage collapsed --
3 Squandered legacy: the consequences of divorce for children --

Part 2 REBUILDING THE MARRIAGE CATHEDRAL --
4. The creation purposes of marriage--
5. The skills (and virtues) of marriage --
6. Covenant as the structural principle of marriage --
7. Suffering in marriage (and divorce) --
8. The kingdom possibilities of marriage --
9. The church as marriage counterculture --
10. Marriage and the law --

Epilogue: Why Christians divorce "just like everyone else" --
Appendix: the divorce interviews
ER  -