Covenant marriage : building communication & intimacy - Chapman, Gary D., 1938- (Nashville, TN: Broadman & Holman Publishers, 2003)
Contract marriages -- Covenant marriages -- Covenant marriages : dream or reality? -- What' so important about intimacy? -- Communication : the road to intimacy? -- Unhealthy patterns of communication -- Five levels of communication -- Getting to know yourself : experiences and what they mean -- Getting to know yourself : emotions, desires, and choices -- Learning the art of self-revelation -- Getting ready to grow : priorities and goals -- Making time for the important -- Identifying our differences -- Making differences an asset -- Why do I get so defensive? -- Overcoming the barriers of defensiveness -- Intimacy : naked and unashamed -- Then came clothes -- Emotional intimacy -- Intellectual intimacy -- Sexual intimacy -- Spiritual intimacy -- Why didn't someone tell me?
Keywords: Marriage; Communication in marriage; Intimacy (Psychology) -- Religious aspects -- Christianity