{"product_id":"from-this-day-forward-rethinking-the-christian-wedding-9780664239305","title":"From This Day Forward--Rethinking the Christian Wedding","description":"\u003cp\u003eWeddings have become a billion-dollar industry, with the average cost of a wedding estimated at $30,000. Taking into account dramatic shifts in attitudes toward marriage in recent years, many pastors are confused and frustrated about their role. This book offers a foundational understanding of marriage for today's North American church. Exploring current sociological analyses of marriage and the history of Christian marriage rites, Kimberly Bracken Long suggests that the church rethink its involvement in weddings and offers a distinctively Christian understanding of marriage. Today's church, Long contends, needs to reinterpret classic biblical metaphors and expand the range of scriptural sources that inform our understanding of marriage. Long also looks closely at each element of the wedding service and what makes a marriage liturgy faithful, inclusive, and sensitive to pastoral concerns. She provides practical suggestions for music and Scripture during wedding services as well as guidance on how to respond faithfully to those who are divorced or divorcing. Packed with constructive pastoral wisdom, \u003ci\u003eFrom This Day ForwardRethinking the Christian Wedding\u003c\/i\u003e delivers a practical theology of marriage that will be of help to clergy, seminarians, and others interested in this topic.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kimberly Bracken Long\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Westminster John Knox Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/01\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 200\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.66lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.46d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780664239305\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLong, Kimberly Bracken:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Kimberly Bracken Long is Associate Professor of Worship at Columbia Theological Seminary. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Worshiping Body: The Art of Leading Worship\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Eucharistic Theology of the American Holy Fairs\u003c\/i\u003e, both published by Westminster John Knox Press.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Westminster John Knox Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40083988775027,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":21.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_1b835dec-b041-478c-a6b1-99970d0bdbc8.jpg?v=1652365331","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/from-this-day-forward-rethinking-the-christian-wedding-9780664239305","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}