“Dr. Natalie Weaver’’s Marriage and Family establishes a solid theological foundation that surely will inspire and challenge students and married couples to think deeply about the meaning of marriage as a holy union and a sacrament. She develops the virtues essential to marriage and family—love, justice, and forgiveness—which mutually enrich the spouses, their children, the church, and society. In order to discover deeper dimensions of marriage and family, she first gives the reader tools to interpret Scripture, history, ethics, and personal experience, then offers a discerning application. Not deterred by the pitfalls of marriage (physical and sexual abuse and high divorce rates), Dr. Weaver emphasizes marriage’’s prophetic stance against society’s evils and strongly affirms its creative possibilities.”