Wedding Rites
eBook - ePub

Wedding Rites

The Complete Guide to Traditional Vows, Music, Ceremonies, Blessings, and Interfaith Services

  1. 216 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Wedding Rites

The Complete Guide to Traditional Vows, Music, Ceremonies, Blessings, and Interfaith Services

About this book

Many engaged couples, no matter what their personal style, find themselves turning back to tradition for their wedding ceremony. Is there a way to follow tradition and still carve your own wedding path? Yes, there is -- with this unique book in hand.
Michael Foley presents meaningful wedding traditions so old that they're practically new again. Roman Catholic, Protestant, Orthodox, and Jewish wedding traditions fill this comprehensive guidebook, the only one of its kind. From music and flowers to vows and ceremonies to blessings, Foley's  Wedding Rites contains a vast assortment of rich traditions very usable in weddings today. Best of all, it's easy to reference and easy to use!
This book is an indispensable resource for couples, wedding planners, ministers, and all who love the beauty of tradition.
Wedding Rites offers:
 
  • concrete suggestions for each facet of your wedding, from engagement to reception
  • guidelines for designing your own distinctive wedding program
  • practical advice for interfaith weddings
  • forgotten wedding customs -- carecloths, loving cups, coin blessings, and others
  • and much more!

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Information

Publisher
Eerdmans
Year
2008
eBook ISBN
9781467438346
Print ISBN
9780802848673

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Dedication
  5. Contents
  6. Acknowledgments
  7. A Note on Terms and Texts
  8. Preface
  9. Introduction: Having a Traditional Wedding
  10. I. Sealing the Engagement: Betrothals and Banns
  11. II. Feasts for the Ear, Feasts for the Eye: Music and Flowers
  12. III. Holy Writ: Allocutions and Readings
  13. IV. Vows
  14. V. Ceremonies
  15. VI. Blessings
  16. VII. Postnuptials
  17. VIII. Putting It All Together
  18. Appendixes
  19. A Selected Bibliography of Works Consulted
  20. Permissions