{"product_id":"9781649634085","title":"Matrimony","description":"Author: Stephen Jenkinson\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781649634085\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: St Martins Press\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 02 Dec 2025\u003cbr\u003ePages: 272\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA restoration of the village-making power of matrimony, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ea building of cultural memory, and an examination of meaning-making \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003efor our ceremonially adrift time\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\nPublic and private rituals are failing this culture. Longtime scholar, storyteller, and ceremonialist Stephen Jenkinson has tracked that failure, along with the personal poverties that have followed, and has set about mending the brokenness—the meaning and connection—one wedding ceremony at a time.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\"Matrimony is the place where culture leans on love for its portion, its tithe,\" explains Jenkinson. \"It is the mothering of culture, and ritual is its vehicle, and patrimony its precursor.\" Privatizing love, turning matrimony into a social institution barren of all substance, and flattening rituals into benign, generic celebrations of life erodes our skills as citizen witnesses to a troubled time. The way forward, then, is to learn and reclaim our cultural ceremonies and their meaning.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\nAmong the insights that Stephen Jenkinson offers in this thought-provoking work:\u003cbr\u003e\n\n• The place of matrimony and patrimony in modern understandings of romance\u003cbr\u003e\n\n• The importance of village rites and rituals\u003cbr\u003e\n\n• Old understandings of union, marriage, and matrimony rendered new\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\nThrough witty stories, insightful history, and meditative questions, \u003ci\u003eMatrimony\u003c\/i\u003e invites us to examine the significance of matrimony, ritual, ceremony, and cultural articulation—and how to redeem them for future generations.","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46798803763358,"sku":"TLD-9781649634085","price":39.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781649634085.jpg?v=1778119529","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781649634085","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}