Can Christians Love Too Much?: Breaking the Cycle of Codependency
Like Jan Silvious's Please Don't Say You Need Me ( LJ 9/1/89), this is a book for codependents. But the two books are quite different. Rinck gives a fuller overview of the professional literature and organizes her guidance more in terms of dynamics (e.g., the roots of codependency). Also, while explicitly Christian, her narrative is suited to a more pluralistic readership, with a fine critique of the ways that biblical teachings can be subtly distorted to encourage excessive submission. Interested readers should also investigate Robert Hemfelt et al.'s excellent Love Is a Choice , an October title from Thomas Nelson.Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.