Vows: The Modern Genius of an Ancient Rite PB_Gift_Guide while noblemen bicker for their

while noblemen bicker for their own advantage

looking to escape a turbulent home

the detachment from materialism

Only then will people be able to break it apart

The 50th anniversary edition of a classic text

Vows: The Modern Genius of an Ancient Rite PB_Gift_Guide while noblemen bicker for theirFrom the bestselling author of Home Comforts comes the timely (The New Yorker), fascinating, and morally serious, (The Wall Street Journal) story of our wedding vowswhat they mean and why they still matter. In the West, marrying is so thoroughly identified with ceremonial promises that taking vows is a synonym for getting married. So, its a surprise to realize that this custom is actually a historical and anthropological oddity. Most of the world, for