At last the long-awaited reprint of Elisabeth Dodd's 1971 classic on the domestic life of America's most famous theologian, Jonathan Edwards, and his wife Sarah.

    Through the struggles of the people they are trying to help, both find themselves facing unexpected challenges to their own marriage. Nothing in this book is fiction. All the stories have really happened. All of the conversations have really taken place. The people involved are still living today. The setting of these events is Africa, but the problems dealt with are relevant to all parts and to all cultures.

    Carey was very young, and quite unused to the sophisticated life the Reddins led. When Oliver unexpectedly married her, she wondered why he had chosen her for his bride – especially when he didn’t treat her as one.

    The Christian approach to these subjects