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The makings of healthy marriage are the same as those of healthy friendship, collegiality, and decency: be a good neighbor.
A webpage designed to support students currently enrolled in Senior Boys Religion class at the Academy of the New Church Secondary Schools.
This course introduces students to the revolutionary and inspirational teachings of the New Church on marriage in the book Conjugial Love by Emanuel Swedenborg. Topics include the spiritual vision of marriage (conjugial) love; why the Lord created males and females as distinctly different from each other and how they complement each other; what a ‘soul mate’ really is and how to be one; sex, love and intimacy, and the destructive nature of sexual perversions. Students will be taught about the progression of dating, courtship, engagement/betrothal and marriage; how to have a happy marriage; what key factors contribute to marital disharmony and breakdown; and why marriage matters. There is a special emphasis on teachings that speak to the concerns of secondary school age students and how current social research connects with New Church teachings on marriage and relationships.
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