{"product_id":"defending-marriage-twelve-arguments-for-sanity-9781618906045","title":"Defending Marriage: Twelve Arguments for Sanity","description":"\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. \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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Saint Benedict Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50877925392658,"sku":"9781618906045","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_fb94946c-dc35-4aca-8125-a6e126d2359c.jpg?v=1738404929","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/defending-marriage-twelve-arguments-for-sanity-9781618906045","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}