An enormous contribution by an impressive set of family scholars. Promises to Keep is packed with information and should be 'must reading' for family researchers, students, religious leaders, mental health professionals and policy makers.

Howard J. Markman, author of Fighting For Your Marriage

A challenging set of recommendations which, if heeded, could profoundly and positively impact our culture.

Dr. David L. Ferguson, Executive Director, Center for Marriage & Family Intimacy

A rousing, long-overdue call for public action.

Brigitte Berger, Boston University

This volume, with its emphasis on making marriage work in the social context of the 1990s, will undoubtedly move the strained public conversation over the issue of marriage to a higher plane of seriousness.

Don Eberly, founder of the National Fatherhood Initiative and Director of the Civil Society Project

It [is a] pleasure to read these arguments made by serious and concerned scholars on a topic as central as the health of the institution of marriage.

American Journal of Sociology

An important contribution to a critical debate.

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