More Lasting Unions: Christianity, the Family, and Society

Many recent social theorists maintain that marriage and the nuclear family are not particularly important to the fabric of our culture. In this powerful refutation, grounded in both Christian teaching and social-science data, Stephen G. Post asserts that the bonds of marriage and family are fundamental to our social and spiritual well-being. Unique in the field for its wide treatment of relevant issues, More Lasting Unions also takes up these important topics:
-- adoption as an alternative way of family building;
-- the special needs of children and of aging parents;
-- the perils of consumerism;
-- balancing family commitments and concern for neighbors.