Title: To understand each other.
Authors: Tournier, Paul.
Publisher: John Knox Press
Year: 1967
Subjects: Marriage.
Abstract: When we talk of marriage counseling we think immediately of the extreme cases, of threats to seek divorce, of couples in violent disputes who frequently come to blows, Paul Tournier states. But there are many other couples whose marriages are no less a failure. They live side by side, without hurting one another, but poles apart, because of no real understanding of one another. According to Tournier, the ability to understand each other is what counts in working out marital happiness together. With wisdom and warmth, Tournier suggests ways to achieve this understanding.
Contents: To achieve understanding, we need to want it -- My husband is a mysterious island! -- To achieve understanding, we need to express ourselves -- To achieve understanding, we need courage -- To achieve understanding, we need to accept our natural differences -- To achieve understanding, we must admit how greatly the sexes differ -- To achieve understanding, we must admit our differences in love itself -- We need to understand in order to help each other -- In order to understand, we need to grasp the importance of the past -- Complete understanding: calls for personal submission to Jesus Christ.