Marriage and Family The Quest for Intimacy

Centred around the theme of enhancing intimacy, this text offers an overview of how relationships progress from dating, to marriage, to family and provides a balance of principles and personal applications to explore this social institution, including non-traditional and culturally diverse relationships. It provides coverage of sociological theories to various marriage and family issues and suggestions on how to engage in richer and more fulfilling relationships. In addition, this book illustrates how people in different cultures engage in marriage and family situations.