The Marriage Scam

by E.S. Williams

Most people assume that marriage education must be a good thing. This book challenges that assumption, and examines the ideological background of the marriage education movement. We see a movement that, while it claims to have the answers to what makes marriages really work, and while it offers to teach the skills and techniques we need for happy, long-lasting relationships, is deeply entrenched in the ideas and theories of positive psychology and the human potential movement. Even the Christian version of marriage education promotes a view of marriage vastly different from the traditional, biblical view that has been widely believed and accepted for centuries. The Marriage Scam, which coins the term ‘marriage psycho-education’, offers a robust defence of the biblical view, and warns against the danger of merging psychological ideas with the Christian faith.

463 pages, Kindle Edition

Published March 23, 2016

About the author

Dr E S Williams was Director of Public Health for Croydon Health Authority for many years. He is the author of 'The Dark Side of Christian Counselling', 'Christ or Therapy?' and numerous research papers in medical journals.