General
Seeking a Soulmate by W. Bradford Wilcox, Ph.D. (2005)
“Promoting and Sustaining Marriage as a Community of Life and Love” A Colloquium of Social Scientists and Theologians October 24-25, 2005
SEEKING A SOULMATE: A Social Scientific View of the Relationship between Commitment and Authentic Intimacy by W. Bradford Wilcox, Ph.D.
In a world all too often marked by fleeting and fragile relationships in the marketplace, the public square, the church, and even one’s family of origin, it is no wonder that so many of our young people are looking for a soulmate who will give them the intimacy they have not yet found in this world—someone to share their lives, their dreams, and their desires for an enduring and heartfelt love (Whitehead and Popenoe 2001; Stanley 2005). What many young people do not know is that this desire for human intimacy has also been placed on their hearts by God, and is most likely to be realized in the context of a marriage founded on a deep commitment to the welfare of their spouse, and to the institution of marriage itself.