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Courtship in Crisis
By: Thomas Umstattd Jr.
Narrated by: Thomas Umstattd Jr.
Length: 4 hrs and 46 mins
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Summary

The Experiment Failed

In the 1990s, a huge movement swept through America. Millions of young people stopped dating and embraced something new called "courtship" which promised to usher singles into marriage while avoiding the dangers of dating. It sounded wonderful.

The problem? It didn't work.

The resulting singleness epidemic left a generation with broken hearts and little hope.

There's Another Way

In Courtship in Crisis, Thomas Umstattd Jr. explains where the courtship crisis came from, and why it failed. More importantly, he lays out an alternative model that works.