PRESS RELEASE: For Immediate Release: 20 October 2006, Rockford, Illinois

CONTACT: Larry Jacobs, Vice President at 815-964-5819, mobile 513-515-3685, 1-800-461-3113 or larry@profam.org

WEBSITES: www.profam.org, www.worldcongress.org or www.familymanifesto.net

 

CARLSON’S NEW BOOK, CONJUGAL AMERICA, ARGUES FOR THE NECESSITY OF TRADITIONAL MARRIAGE

The Howard Center for Family Religion and Society is pleased to announce an important new book by its president, Dr. Allan Carlson – Conjugal America: On the Public Purposes of Marriage, published by Transaction Press.

With the debate over “same sex marriage” raging, with divorce widespread and with many couples choosing voluntary childlessness, Conjugal America focuses on the real purposes of marriage and the unchanging nature of this most vital and fundamental of human institutions.

Drawing heavily on natural and social science research, Conjugal America:

• Examines the broad bond of marriage to procreation

• Dissects claims regarding the “evolution of marriage”

• Explores the political nature of marriage

• Shows why every ambitious totalitarian state seeks above all to destroy marriage

• Demonstrates that the true marital bond stands for liberty

Conjugal America will be central to the new debate on marriage and its purposes. Please send your request for a review copy to larry@worldcongress.org or fax to 815-965-1826.

Allan Carlson is the president of the Howard Center for Family, Religion and Society, headquartered in Rockford, Illinois, and International Secretary of the World Congress of Families.

Dr. Carlson has been a family scholar for almost three decades.  He is also the author of many books, including “Fractured Generations: Crafting Family Policy for the 21st Century,” “The American Way: Family and Community In the Shaping of the American Identity” and “Family Questions: Reflections on the American Social Crisis.”  The Washington Post, Weekly Standard, Wall Street Journal, USA Today and numerous other publications have featured his writings. He has also appeared on PBS News Hour, NPR’s Morning Edition and All Things Considered, Voice of America, ABC, CBS, and NBC News, MSNBC, CNN, and C-SPAN. For Carlson’s complete bio visit: http://www.profam.org/people/xthc_acc.htm .

To schedule an interview with Dr. Carlson, contact Larry Jacobs at 1-800-461-3113. For more information on The Howard Center, visit www.profam.org

 

About The Howard Center for Family, Religion and Society

The Howard Center for Family, Religion and Society is an independent, non-profit research and education center that strives to be the leading source of fresh ideas and new strategies for affirmation and defense of the natural family, both nationally and globally.  The Howard Center is also the founder and organizer of the World Congress of Families project which unites people of goodwill who recognize that the family is the fundamental unit of society and coordinates the efforts of pro-family groups from more the 60 countries worldwide.

In terms of function, The Howard Center:

  • Shapes new ideas about the nature and status of the family and faith

  • Makes fresh scientific research on the family accessible and useful to family scholars

  • Creates effective national and international networks of family advocates

  • Magnifies ideas and influence through all forms of media

  • Provides expert opinions to public policy makers

Specific programs include:

  • Publishing three monthly periodicals (Family in America, New Research, and The Religion and Society Report)

  • Publishing weekly The Family Update, Online! a free email newsletter

  • Serving as administrator and co-convener of the World Congress of Families (WCF# 1 in Prague, 1997, WCF# 2 in Geneva, 1999, WCF# 3, March 29-31, 2004 in Mexico City, and WCF# 4 scheduled for May 2007 in Warsaw, Poland)

  • Building the Swan Library of Family and Culture

  • Maintaining three active websites The Howard Center (www.profam.org), The World Congress of Families (www.worldcongress.org), and The Family Manifesto (www.familymanifesto.net).

  • Convening periodic lectures and special conferences

  • Sponsoring “The Kohler Fellows Program”, in support of young scholars

Please visit www.profam.org, www.worldcongress.org, or www.familymanifesto.net for the latest news and info.
 
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