Husbands, Wives, and Lovers

Husbands, Wives, and Lovers
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Publisher : Guilford Publications
Total Pages : 278
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ISBN-10 : 0898621054
ISBN-13 : 9780898621051
Rating : 4/5 (54 Downloads)

Synopsis Husbands, Wives, and Lovers by : David J. Moultrup

Marital and family therapist Moultrup unravels the meanings and functions of infidelity to reveal the complex roots of extramarital affairs and their ramifications for both the marital relationship and therapy. Beginning with family systems theory, he branches out to encompass individual psychodynamics and behavior therapy in fashioning an integrative, multisystem model of assessment and treatment. No bibliography. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Husbands, Wives, and Lovers

Husbands, Wives, and Lovers
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Publisher : Yale University Press
Total Pages : 342
Release :
ISBN-10 : 030010104X
ISBN-13 : 9780300101041
Rating : 4/5 (4X Downloads)

Synopsis Husbands, Wives, and Lovers by : Patricia Mainardi

In this interdisciplinary exploration of the cultural and social history of early 19th-century France, Patricia Mainardi focuses on what was considered a major social problem of the time - adultery. In a period when expectations about marriage were changing, the problems of husbands, wives and lovers became a major theme in theatre, literature and the visual arts. The author demonstrates that this intense interest was historically grounded in the post-revolutionary collision between the new concept of the individual's right to happiness and the traditional prerogatives of family and state. duty or happiness more important? Are arranged marriages doomed to be empty of love and poisoned by adultery? Should adulterous wives and their lovers be punished while husbands may commit adultery with impunity? Out of such legal, social and cultural debates ultimately emerged modern bourgeois family values, Mainardi argues. And she illuminates how art, in all its varieties, both influences and is influenced by social change.

Wives, Husbands, and Lovers

Wives, Husbands, and Lovers
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Publisher : Stanford University Press
Total Pages : 341
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ISBN-10 : 9780804791854
ISBN-13 : 0804791856
Rating : 4/5 (54 Downloads)

Synopsis Wives, Husbands, and Lovers by : Deborah S. Davis

What is the state of intimate romantic relationships and marriage in urban China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan? Since the 1980's, the character of intimate life in these urban settings has changed dramatically. While many speculate about the 21st century as Asia's century, this book turns to the more intimate territory of sexuality and marriage—and observes the unprecedented changes in the law and popular expectations for romantic bonds and the creation of new families. Wives, Husbands, and Lovers examines how sexual relationships and marriage are perceived and practiced under new developments within each urban location, including the establishment of no fault divorce laws, lower rates of childbearing within marriage, and the increased tolerance for non-marital and non-heterosexual intimate relationships. The authors also chronicle what happens when states remove themselves from direct involvement in some features of marriage but not others. Tracing how the marital "rules of the game" have changed substantially across the region, this book challenges long-standing assumptions that marriage is the universally preferred status for all men and women, that extramarital sexuality is incompatible with marriage, or that marriage necessarily unites a man and a woman. This book illustrates the wide range of potential futures for marriage, sexuality, and family across these societies.

Adult Children as Husbands, Wives, and Lovers

Adult Children as Husbands, Wives, and Lovers
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Publisher : McGraw-Hill/Contemporary
Total Pages : 210
Release :
ISBN-10 : 0929923219
ISBN-13 : 9780929923215
Rating : 4/5 (19 Downloads)

Synopsis Adult Children as Husbands, Wives, and Lovers by : Steven Farmer

Do you go out of your way to avoid conflict in your primary relationship? Do you feel that your partner is emotionally closed off from you? Does the fear of abandonment overwhelm you and make you cling to your partner?

What Wives Wish their Husbands Knew about Sex

What Wives Wish their Husbands Knew about Sex
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Publisher : Baker Books
Total Pages : 157
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ISBN-10 : 9781441201416
ISBN-13 : 1441201416
Rating : 4/5 (16 Downloads)

Synopsis What Wives Wish their Husbands Knew about Sex by : Richard Rupp

It's an unfortunate reality that many men grow up in churches that suppress their God-given sexual urges. As a result, many Christian men, single and married, are frustrated with their love lives and their sex lives. The authors of this book claim that Christian men should be the greatest lovers in the world and then work to show men how to do it. They help men: -learn what the Bible says about a healthy sex life -discover how to relate to women as men instead of as boys -address psychological and spiritual issues that interfere with healthy sexuality -learn specific techniques that create a strong relationship, great foreplay, and passionate sex Solidly based in Scripture and informed by the experiences of the authors, all respected sex therapists, What Wives Wish Their Husbands Knew about Sex dispels the myths that keep good Christian men from experiencing sex as God meant it to be. Perfect for any man, it is also a great book for counselors and pastors who work with men.

Friends and Lovers

Friends and Lovers
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Publisher : Cruciform Press
Total Pages : 99
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ISBN-10 : 9781936760466
ISBN-13 : 1936760460
Rating : 4/5 (66 Downloads)

Synopsis Friends and Lovers by : Joel R. Beeke

Marriage aims at the glory of God through intimate companionship. God meant husband and wife to walk together, talk together, work together, and sleep together. As the Puritans said, God did not make the woman out of man's head to control him, or out of his feet for him to trample on her, but out of his side to be embraced near to his heart. Here is a book of practical encouragements for two key aspects of marriage: companionship and sex. Dr. Joel Beeke draws upon the wisdom of the Holy Scriptures and over three decades of pastoral ministry to present a dozen practical principles for fanning into flame the fire of love between husband and wife. The Bible has a higher aim than a satisfying marriage, namely, glorying in God forever. Marriage will one day be done, made obsolete by the magnificent relationship between Christ and His people. Even now, marriage is neither the chief purpose nor the highest joy of man. But the Scriptures do call wedded people to glorify God here and now through their marriages. Dr. Beeke's book aims to assist them in this. In Part I ("Friends"), the book explores the meaning, cultivation, and threats to friendship in marriage. Friendship is that personal bond of shared life that brings people together in delightful harmony. It is rooted God's created order of making men and women in His image. We broke this harmonious order when our first parents sinned against God, simultaneously turning against each other. But Christ is the great peacemaker and friendship-restorer. Cultivating friendship with your spouse is hard work, but profoundly rewarding. It revolves around sharing life together. The book gives guidance in how to share yourself with your spouse through the gifts of time, discussing decisions, listening to each other's feelings, talking about how God is at work in your lives, praying together, building trust, laughing together, giving thanks, pleasing your spouse, and finding shared interests. It also walks the reader through the minefields of giving and receiving correction, honoring in-laws, having balanced friendship with others, and supporting on another in crises. Above all, we must remember that our most important friendship is with our Lord Jesus Christ, who alone can walk with us through life, death, and eternity. In Part II ("Lovers"), Dr. Beeke sets forth several ways in which the gospel energizes married Christians to enjoy sex in holy delight. The words "gospel," "sex," and "holy," may not seem to go together. This book shows that in reality sexual love between husband and wife is both a holy duty pleasing to God and blessed privilege empowered by Christ's grace. Rather than splitting our lives into different compartments such as sex and religion, God calls us to respond to Christ's mercies by offering our whole existence to Him as a living sacrifice. The Bible teaches us doctrines like the image of God in man, the creation mandate God laid upon the human race, the moral law for marriage, forgiveness of sins by faith in Christ, sanctification by divine grace, Christ's call to take up our cross, adoption by God, and turning from idols to give thanks to God. All these doctrines have massive implications for our sexual relationship with our spouses. However these doctrines must do more than sit in our minds; they must sink into our hearts. In Reformed, experiential fashion, Dr. Beeke leads the reader to know, believe, feel, and act based upon God's Word applied by God's Spirit.

Married Lovers, Married Friends

Married Lovers, Married Friends
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 180
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ISBN-10 : 0764228889
ISBN-13 : 9780764228889
Rating : 4/5 (89 Downloads)

Synopsis Married Lovers, Married Friends by : Steve Chapman

More than 50,000 couples have benefited from "Married Lovers, Married Friends" since it was originally published in 1989. Steve and Annie Chapman, married since 1975, develop 11 practical, poignant ways to ensure that a marriage can be continually remade with God's ever-present help.

Lovers, Killers, Husbands, and Wives

Lovers, Killers, Husbands, and Wives
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Publisher : Palgrave Macmillan
Total Pages : 175
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ISBN-10 : OCLC:234241801
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (01 Downloads)

Synopsis Lovers, Killers, Husbands, and Wives by : Martin Blinder

Recounts the cases of individuals who have murdered spouses, loved ones, or perfect strangers, and tries to differentiate between crimes of passion and psychopathic murders

Sudden Endings

Sudden Endings
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Publisher : Pinnacle Books
Total Pages : 284
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ISBN-10 : 1558176691
ISBN-13 : 9781558176690
Rating : 4/5 (91 Downloads)

Synopsis Sudden Endings by : Madeline Bennett

A woman draws from her own painful experience with abandonment to help others cope when faced with the sudden, unexpected breakup of a supposedly happy relationship. Reprint.

Man and Wife in America

Man and Wife in America
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Publisher : Harvard University Press
Total Pages : 430
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ISBN-10 : 0674038398
ISBN-13 : 9780674038394
Rating : 4/5 (98 Downloads)

Synopsis Man and Wife in America by : Hendrik Hartog

In nineteenth-century America, the law insisted that marriage was a permanent relationship defined by the husband's authority and the wife's dependence. Yet at the same time the law created the means to escape that relationship. How was this possible? And how did wives and husbands experience marriage within that legal regime? These are the complexities that Hendrik Hartog plumbs in a study of the powers of law and its limits. Exploring a century and a half of marriage through stories of struggle and conflict mined from case records, Hartog shatters the myth of a golden age of stable marriage. He describes the myriad ways the law shaped and defined marital relations and spousal identities, and how individuals manipulated and reshaped the rules of the American states to fit their needs. We witness a compelling cast of characters: wives who attempted to leave abusive husbands, women who manipulated their marital status for personal advantage, accidental and intentional bigamists, men who killed their wives' lovers, couples who insisted on divorce in a legal culture that denied them that right. As we watch and listen to these men and women, enmeshed in law and escaping from marriages, we catch reflected images both of ourselves and our parents, of our desires and our anxieties about marriage. Hartog shows how our own conflicts and confusions about marital roles and identities are rooted in the history of marriage and the legal struggles that defined and transformed it.