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The Nuptial Mind is about the coincident decadence of mind and sexuality in American society today, particularly on the university campus. Lloyd E. Sandelands argues that this decadence owes to a contemporary blindness to the theological precept expressed in Biblical revelation that God created Man in His image, as “male and female in one flesh.” The book advances the “nuptial hypothesis” that the human mind reaches its greatest heights of creative realism when its male and female aspects are integrated in the image of God. The Nuptial Mind explores the theology of the body outlined by the Catholic Church.

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Sandelands demonstrates the depth of his theistic commitment in this meticulously argued book. Drawing on the contrast between contemporary conceptualizations of the university mind, which he maintains are rooted in intellectually and morally empty world views, and Christian sensibilities, he offers several new and significant contributions. The center of his argument is the unity of man and woman in marriage, where mutual love becomes the basis for a nuptial mind, and along with the love of God and others, is modeled on the image and likeness of God. The foundation for such a role of the nuptial mind inheres in a faith that is based, not on scientific materialism or post modern emotivism, but rather on truth and one's personal and shared mental actions in relation to God. Such a fealty to truth is a faith-based belief and has practical implications; it is ultimately justified by, and expressed in, moral commitments to mankind and God. -- Bagozzi, Richard P.

Sandelands demonstrates the depth of his theistic commitment in this meticulously argued book. Drawing on the contrast between contemporary conceptualizations of the university mind, which he maintains are rooted in intellectually and morally empty world views, and Christian sensibilities, he offers several new and significant contributions. The center of his argument is the unity of man and woman in marriage, where mutual love becomes the basis for a nuptial mind, and along with the love of God and others, is modeled on the image and likeness of God. The foundation for such a role of the nuptial mind inheres in a faith that is based, not on scientific materialism or post modern emotivism, but rather on truth and one's personal and shared mental actions in relation to God. Such a fealty to truth is a faith-based belief and has practical implications; it is ultimately justified by, and expressed in, moral commitments to mankind and God. -- Richard P. Bagozzi, University of Michigan

Sandelands demonstrates the depth of his theistic commitment in this meticulously argued book. Drawing on the contrast between contemporary conceptualizations of the university mind, which he maintains are rooted in intellectually and morally empty world views, and Christian sensibilities, he offers several new and significant contributions. The center of his argument is the unity of man and woman in marriage, where mutual love becomes the basis for a nuptial mind, and along with the love of God and others, is modeled on the image and likeness of God. The foundation for such a role of the nuptial mind inheres in a faith that is based, not on scientific materialism or post modern emotivism, but rather on truth and one's personal and shared mental actions in relation to God. Such a fealty to truth is a faith-based belief and has practical implications; it is ultimately justified by, and expressed in, moral commitments to mankind and God. -- Richard P. Bagozzi, Dwight F. Benton Professor of Behavioral Science in Management, University of Michigan

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Lloyd E. Sandelands teaches business administration and psychology at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. His studies focus on the social and spiritual aspects of modern life. He is the author of Feeling and Form in Social Life (1998, Rowman & Littlefield), Male and Female in Social Life (2001, Transaction Publishers), Thinking about Social Life (2003, University Press of America), Man and Nature in God (2005, Transaction Publishers), An Anthropological Defense of God (2007, Transaction Publishers), and God and Mammon (2010, University Press of America).

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