{"product_id":"defending-marriage-twelve-arguments-for-sanity-paperback","title":"Defending Marriage: Twelve Arguments for Sanity - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAnthony Esolen\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDefending Marriage: Twelve Arguments for Sanity\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e is a rousing, compelling defense of traditional, natural marriage. \u003cbr\u003e Here, Anthony Esolen--professor at Providence College and a prolific writer uses moral, theological, and cultural arguments \u003cbr\u003e to defend this holy and ancient institution, bedrock of society--and to illuminate the threats it faces from modern revolutions in law, public policy, and sexual morality. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eInside, discover: \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e - Traditional marriage's roots in age-old religious, cultural, and natural laws \u003cbr\u003e - Why gay marriage is a metaphysical impossibility \u003cbr\u003e - How acceptance and legal sanction of gay marriage threatens the family \u003cbr\u003e - How the state becomes a religion when it attempts to elevate gay marriage, and enshrine as a civil right all consensual sex \u003cbr\u003e - How divorce and sexual license have brought marriage to the brink \u003cbr\u003e - How today's culture has impoverished and emptied love of its true meaning \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDefending Marriage, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eEsolen expertly and succinctly identifies the cultural dangers of gay marriage and the Sexual Revolution which paved its way. \u003cbr\u003e He offers a stirring defense of true marriage, the family, culture, and love--and provides the compelling arguments that will return us to sanity, and out of our current morass. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e...a sensible, beautiful book . . . bringing us back to hope, to joy, and to gratitude for the divine gift of marriage. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e --The Most Reverend James D. Conley, DD, STL, Bishop of Lincoln \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"... a profoundly important contribution to the public debate about family, marriage and who we are.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e -- Austin Ruse, President, Catholic Family and Human Rights Institute \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"\u003ci\u003eDefending Marriage\u003c\/i\u003e is just what is needed to convince doubters and give believers reasons to fight on for traditional marriage, without which our culture may not survive.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e --Father C. J. McCloskey III, STD, priest of the prelature of Opus Dei and Research Fellow of the Faith and Reason Institute \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eProfessor Anthony Esolen holds a Doctorate in Renaissance English Literature from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. \u003cbr\u003e He is a Professor of English at Providence College, located in Providence, Rhode Island. He is the translator of the celebrated three-volume Modern Library edition of Dante s Divine Comedy (Random House). \u003cbr\u003e He is a Senior Editor for \u003ci\u003eTouchstone: A Journal of Mere Christianity\u003c\/i\u003e, and his articles appear regularly in \u003ci\u003eFirst Things\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCatholic World Report\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMagnificat\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThis Rock\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eLatin Mass\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 192\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.4 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 16, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53592374608179,"sku":"9781618906045","price":21.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/4sSWAW7lYM9781618906045.webp?v=1782878325","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/defending-marriage-twelve-arguments-for-sanity-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}