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"""Across the globe DL from Africa to Asia, from Europe to the Americas DL marriage and family life have been losing ground as men and women no longer feel able, or eager, to tie the knot. But a future without family is no future at all. In this incisive and provocative book, Mark Regnerus argues that the renewal of marriage DL and by implication, family life DL will depend upon the revival of a faith that lends normative, ritual, and communal support to this relationship, our most fundamental social institution."" -- W. Bradford Wilcox, Director, National Marriage Project at the University of Virginia ""The future of marriage is the question on everybody's lips. Might Christians save it? Mark Regnerus responds with his trademark blend of sobering realism, sophisticated yet readable empirics, nonpartisanship, and first-person accounts of young adults sharing their hopes and uncertainties. Scholars, parents, political and religious leaders, and young adults will benefit enormously from this thorough and sensitive treatment of current relationship practices, and their implications for the future of marriage."" -- Helen M. Alvare, Professor of Law, Antonin Scalia Law School, George Mason University ""Marriage is the molecular building block of society. Christians believe it unlocks not only the pathway to human flourishing and social stability but is a foreshadowing of the gospel itself. However, Christians are not immune to the broader cultural trends impacting the formation of marriage and family. In The Future of Christian Marriage, Mark Regnerus offers a keen analysis of what those trends are and how they impede marriage. Pastors and church leaders should read this book to better understand the trends impacting their community and congregations."" -- Andrew T. Walker, Associate Professor of Christian Ethics, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary"

Across the globe DL from Africa to Asia, from Europe to the Americas DL marriage and family life have been losing ground as men and women no longer feel able, or eager, to tie the knot. But a future without family is no future at all. In this incisive and provocative book, Mark Regnerus argues that the renewal of marriage DL and by implication, family life DL will depend upon the revival of a faith that lends normative, ritual, and communal support to this relationship, our most fundamental social institution. -- W. Bradford Wilcox, Director, National Marriage Project at the University of Virginia The future of marriage is the question on everybody's lips. Might Christians save it? Mark Regnerus responds with his trademark blend of sobering realism, sophisticated yet readable empirics, nonpartisanship, and first-person accounts of young adults sharing their hopes and uncertainties. Scholars, parents, political and religious leaders, and young adults will benefit enormously from this thorough and sensitive treatment of current relationship practices, and their implications for the future of marriage. -- Helen M. Alvare, Professor of Law, Antonin Scalia Law School, George Mason University Marriage is the molecular building block of society. Christians believe it unlocks not only the pathway to human flourishing and social stability but is a foreshadowing of the gospel itself. However, Christians are not immune to the broader cultural trends impacting the formation of marriage and family. In The Future of Christian Marriage, Mark Regnerus offers a keen analysis of what those trends are and how they impede marriage. Pastors and church leaders should read this book to better understand the trends impacting their community and congregations. -- Andrew T. Walker, Associate Professor of Christian Ethics, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary

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Mark Regnerus is Professor of Sociology at the University of Texas at Austin, and a senior fellow at the Austin Institute for the Study of Family and Culture. His research is in the areas of sexual relationship behavior, family, marriage, and religion. He is the author of over 40 published articles and book chapters, and three other Oxford University Press books on adolescent and young adult relationship behavior. His work has been widely reviewed, and his research and opinion pieces have been featured in numerous media outlets.

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