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Books In Brief.(Review)(Brief Article)

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| March 19, 2001 | Lopez, Kathryn Jean | COPYRIGHT 2001 National Review, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

The Book of Marriage: The Wisest Answers to the Toughest Questions, edited by Dana Mack and David Blankenhorn (Eerdmans, 636 pp., $30)

'It is our firm belief," write Dana Mack and David Blankenhorn, "that a successful marriage is in a real sense the finishing school of civic education." The Book of Marriage was born out of research conducted by the Institute for American Values, which found that high-school and college textbooks typically present marriage as little more than "a private contract between two individuals" to be viewed through the prism of "health" and "self-esteem." Seeking to restore a fuller understanding of this beleaguered institution, Mack and Blankenhorn have brought together readings on marriage from sources ranging from classical philosophy to the latest ...

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