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Naomi Schaefer Riley details the pressures that interfaith
couples face in keeping their marriages together, be it from the
spousesâ own approach to faith, that of their extended community
or religious institutions, all of which cl to be committed to
the stability of marriage." -- Ray Temmerman, Marriage, Families
& Spirituality Book Reviews
"Riley, a former editor at The Wall Street Journal, is neither a
cheerleader nor a scold. Her book functions more as a flashing
yellow light at an intersection: slow down, be alert--pay
attention to what serious differences may mean to a close
relationship. She brings a careful, nuanced and thoughtful
approach to an often contentious subject. And she adds
considerable value by including results of a poll she
commissioned to survey 2,450 Americans on the subject of
interfaith marriage." --Gustav Niebuhr,
"The book is chock-full of fascinating statistics ('Jews are the
most likely and Mormons are the least likely to marry members of
other faiths'), but at its heart is a cautionary thesis: the
growing number of interfaith couples don't know what they're
getting into..."
--Stanley Fish, The New York Times
"Engaging and incisive account--combining clear-eyed analysis
with polling data and the details of more than a hundred
interviews..." --W. Bradford Wilcox, The Wall Street Journal
"Naomi Schaefer Riley's well-researched and exceedingly
well-written book...is a great
gift to clergy and an even greater challenge to them. It ought to
be required reading for anyone who attempts interfaith matrimony,
and it's a crucial resource for anyone seeking to minister to
those who contemplate or practice interfaith marriage."
--William H. Willimon,
"Riley's book is a very readable blend of survey data (she
commissioned a nationwide Interfaith Marriage Survey with the
help of the University of Notre Dame's David Campbell) and
anecdotes." --John Turner, Patheos
''Growth in the number of inter-faith marriages in the U.S. has
been a major trend in recent decades, yet few have paid it much
attention.`Til Faith Do Us Part redresses that over,
exploring the meaning and implications, advantages and realistic
difficulties of people of different faiths uniting in marriage.
Naomi Schaefer Riley is a sociologist's journalist, and more. She
takes empirical data seriously, is balanced and fair-minded, and
writes superbly. I recommend this book most highly.''
--Christian Smith, author of Lost in Transition: the Dark Side of
Emerging Adulthood
''Almost half of all Americans who marry nowadays marry people
not of their own faith. In this informative and well-written
volume, Naomi Schaefer Riley explores this phenomenon from an
inter-religious perspective. Her penetrating interviews and
eye-opening statistics paint a fresh portrait of contemporary
intermarriage and how it will shape America's future.''
-Jonathan D. Sarna, author of American Judaism: A History
"Interfaith marriage became steadily more common in America
throughout the twentieth century and into the twenty-first.
Nationally speaking, these marriages have eased interfaith
tensions and increased religious tolerance, producing a country
that is at once remarkably religious and remarkably tolerant. But
in the lives of individuals the blessings of interfaith marriage
are more mixed. 'Til Faith Do Us Part brilliantly highlights the
rich complexities and compromises and difficult tradeoffs that
intermarriage entails. It is a profoundly important book-a
must-read for the growing majority of Americans living interfaith
lives."
--Robert D. Putnam, co-author of American Grace: How Religion
Divides and Unites Us
"Having been an atheist married to a Christian, I know the
turmoil that a spiritual mismatch can create in marriage. Here's
a well-researched book that offers invaluable ins into this
important yet seldom discussed topic."
--Lee Strobel, coauthor of Surviving a Spiritual Mismatch in
Marriage
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About the Author
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Naomi Schaefer Riley is a former Wall Street Journal editor and
writer whose work focuses on higher education, religion,
philanthropy, and culture. She is the author of God on the Quad
and The Faculty Lounges.
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