Product Description

This updated and expanded edition expands some of the subjects that were discreetly touched on in the earlier edition, explores how the latest discoveries in the field of medicine and social practice confirm the principles taught in the book.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #99427 in Books
• Published on: 1998-03-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• 400 pages

Synopsis
This updated and expanded edition gives a fresh informative edge to an already definitive book. New sections discuss "sex after sixty" and five reasons why God created sex, all supported by the very latest findings in the fields of medicine and sociology. For engaged couples and newlyweds who want to make lovemaking a joy from the start ...For couples who have been married for years and want to maintain the flame or rekindle the embers ...for every husband or wife who wants to be a better lover -- here are the insights into each other's bodies, psychosexual makeup, and need for tender, unselfish affection that can help you achieve your goal. With over 2.5 million copies in print, The Act of Marriage has helped thousands of Christian couples maximize their joy in sexual union and saved countless marriages. Pastors, doctors, and psychologists alike have endorsed the frank, practical insights.

From the Back Cover
This updated and expanded edition gives a fresh informative edge to an already definitive book. New sections discuss "sex after sixty" and five reasons why God created sex, all supported by the very latest findings in the fields of medicine and sociology. For engaged couples and newlyweds who want to make lovemaking a joy from the start . . . For couples who have been married for years and want to maintain the flame or rekindle the embers . . . for every husband or wife who wants to be a better lover -- here are the insights into each other's bodies, psychosexual makeup, and need for tender, unselfish affection that can help you achieve your goal. With over 2.5 million copies in print, The Act of Marriage has helped thousands of Christian couples maximize their joy in sexual union and saved countless marriages. Pastors, doctors, and psychologists alike have endorsed the frank, practical insights.

About the Author
Tim LaHaye, D.Min., Litt.D., is a noted author, minister, educator, and nationally recognized speaker on Bible prophecy.He has written over forty books, including The Act of Marriage and The Act of Marriage After 40 (both with Beverly LaHaye), How to Win Over Depression, Spirit-Controlled Temperament, and the best-selling Left Behind fiction series (with Jerry B. Jenkins). Tim and his wife, Beverly, live in Southern California.She is the founder and chairwoman of Concerned Women for America and shares a daily devotional commentary on the nationally syndicated radio show Concerned Women Today. She and her husband live in southern California.

Customer Reviews

Very out of date
May be this was useful 30 years ago, but I have to agree with the previous reviewer - not for the 21st century. Possibly helpful in places for those about to get married, but nothing much in it for those who have been married for a while. From the medical profession myself, I can confirm that much of the medical advice is totally out-dated now, and the book recomends some now obsolete practices.

There must be much better books out there than this.

If you live in the 21st century, look elsewhere
As a young married christian who has been married around four months I bought this book hoping it would be both encouraging and helpful in a practical as much as an emotional way. At the same time I also bought "A Celebration of Sex" by Douglas Rosenau. The differnce between the two could not be more marked. Whilst the LaHaye's insist on telling the complete history of psychological thinking on the issue of sex in an incredibly boring and frustrating manner and never quite getting to the point, Rosenau is practical and sensitive in his writing, covering everything the 21st century christian marriage might possibly need to know. This book can be judgemental and confusing and contains very little practical advice, unless you're having trouble with your pelvic floor muscles.
Seriously, unless you also want to read results from a scientific survey on sex conducted at some point during the 1980's do yourselves a favour and give this one a miss.

A must for every married couple
My husband and I started reading this book together a few months before we got married... it was informative and very helpful and got our married love off to an excellent start. Now almost eleven years down the line, our marriage is often referred to as an example to others - comments are made about how much we love each other and how it shows in every aspect of our relationship. We still often use this book as a reference and it has done the rounds of so many of our friends who have all been encouraged in their relationships, thinking they 'know-it-all' only to find out there is so much more!

I would recommend this book to everyone about to be married, those just married and those already married for years!