ABOUT THIS BOOK

From Dean Carter's Foreword to Marriage: Its Ethic and Religion.

'They got married and lived happily ever after' is the misguided old stage direction that marriage ends all. Marriage begins all. Principal Peter Taylor Forsyth evidently stood for a markedly different view of marriage than he perceived in contemporary literature. What was his view, and does it provide any guidance or help in our personal life and pastoral ministry? ... Forsyth believed [there] to be three critical threats to true marriage, namely, divorce, 'leasehold' marriages, and the danger of literature ... We must [also] acknowledge his genuine pastoral care, his extraordinary and timely concern for women and his urgent call to the Church to return to its true marriage ethic.

About the Author

Peter Taylor Forsyth (1848-1921) studied at the universities of Aberdeen, Gottingen and New College, London. Principal of Hackney Theological College, Hampstead, a member of the theological faculty of London University, and one-time chairman of the Congregational Union of England and Wales, Forsyth has written over thirty books and many more articles and pamphlets. A wealth of biographical material and theological appreciation is available from such writers as Markus Barth, Philip Hughes, Samuel Mikolaski, and Forsyth's daughter, Jessie Forsyth Andrews.