{"product_id":"the-philosophy-of-love-michael-s-pendergast-iii-9781440103506","title":"The Philosophy of Love: Man, Woman, and Sacred Marriage","description":"With a history that of \"open marriages\", staggering divorce rates, single parent homes, shacking up with \"significant others\" and \"living together\", and often troubled \"blended families\", it seems that the option of a happy, life-long marriage no longer exists in today's secularized, feminized world of radical individualism.\u003cp\u003e Yet hidden under this shabby veneer, most persons still long for something, still desire real meaning, still feel the pull towards permanence - a romantic ideal to be completed. It just won't go away. This ideal - real marriage - survives as a dream, though this joyful state cannot be found in any of the alternatives available from a secular world that's devoid of absolutes and allows any unhappy permutation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Is there any hope?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e There is! But it doesn't lie in constantly trying to redefine \"marriage\" (and consistently failing to make anyone's life better). It lies in returning to what Sacred Marriage was always meant to be - a sacrament of Life. That, however, can only be found if we return to being what we ourselves were always meant to be: spiritual beings that are larger than the material world and actually grasp what it means to love - and risk loving.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Want to know how? Look inside.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Michael S. III Pendergast\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 144010350X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781440103506\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e iUniverse\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/18\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 200\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.52lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.42d\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Michael S. III Pendergast","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43935011143935,"sku":"9781440103506","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_661890f2-4336-4701-8d7d-c9b418c4afe2.jpg?v=1681417334","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-philosophy-of-love-michael-s-pendergast-iii-9781440103506","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}