This Affair is Over!!

By Nanette Miner and Sandi Terri

Book Overview

A critique of modern Western civilization, including contemporary concerns of consumerism, capitalism, globalization, and poverty, from the perspective of a believing Catholic. Responding to Enlightenment and Postmodernist views of the social and economic realities of our time, Cavanaugh engages with contemporary concerns--consumerism, late capitalism, globalization, poverty--in a way reminiscent of Rowan Williams (Lost Icons), Nicholas Boyle (Who Are We Now?) and Michel de Certeau. "Consumption of the Eucharist," he argues, "consumes one into the narrative of the pilgrim City of God, whose reach extends beyond the global to embrace all times and places." He develops the theme of the Eucharist as the basis for Christian resistance to the violent disciplines of state, civil society and globalization.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0965066614
• ISBN13: 9780965066617
• Release Date: January 1996
• Publisher: BVC Publishing
• Length: 56 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.

Customer Reviews

If he loves you he won't make you cry.......

I met the most beautiful man I had ever met - he was everythingI looked for in a man. I loved him. That was the moment I sawhim. On our first meeting he told me he was married - unhappily but married. Our romance, friendship and 'relationship' lasted 5 months. 7 months later ....... I am on my own. It turned out his love was for his wife meant more and that leaving her would be far more painful than giving up his love for me. I was under the sad illusion that I was the love he had only ever dreamed of. I waited to read this book because I knew it would tell me things I had previously not wanted to hear. For any woman who has loved a married man, this will help you move on as you will realise how far down the priority line you actually are. When reading this book, prepare to read things you don't want to read, feelings you don't want to feel and realities you don't want to face. Remember - if he loves you he will do whatever it takes to be with you and will never want to see you cry. If he lets you cry, he doesn't love you. Heal your heart and strive for true love. I have every hope that its out there. My heart goes out to all women that have loved married men. Nothing changes the love for my married man but I am on the willing yet long road to having to live without him. Best of luck in your struggle to move on......

Scary but true

I never expected this book to tell me the story of my life! I decided to read this book when I had ended my two and a half year affair to give some perspective on the relationship and to strengthen me so that I would not get sucked back into the vicious cycle of breaking-up-and making-up. There are some extremely difficult truths to adhere to in this book, but if you want your life back, you need to be strong and cut your losses. The true-to-life testimonies, statistics, and psychological explanations in this book can only make you ask yourself "Is this really all I'm worth?" My answer is "NO!" and now I'm moving on.

thank heavens i read this book

for so long , i thought i was deranged for falling in love with a man who not only never promised to leave wife, but was happy with her. then i thought i was even more deranged for beginning to have a lower self-esteem... turns out, these affairs follow a formula. you will read about your affair, and your married boyfriend in these pages, and be angered, yet greatly comforted. you will also see why you need to leave, *and* be empowered to do so. one of the things that is so good about this book is that it is very very short, and concise. i read it in an hour, underlining and making notes in the margin. the authors get right to the point and do not pull any punches! here are a few gems from this book: "[if you are going to have affair with married man] Don't expect him to be faithful (if he is having an affair with you, faithfulness is probably not in his vocabulary), don't expect him to leave his wife, and know that it will end eventually"(pg. 4) and "Your life with him, while he stays married, will always include pain"(pg. 28) and most importantly: "He is not committing to his wife, nor is he committing to you. Stop enabling him. Stop reinforcing his behavior by staying with him or taking him back after an attempt at ending the relationship. Don't be desperate for this man's love. Don't settle for the worst you can tolerate."(pg.40) well said! a very empowering book. another excellent book in the same vein, but longer and more detailed (and not "advice" oriented) is "The New Other Woman; Contemporary Single Women in Affairs With Married Men" - just as comforting. these books will get you through it.

A gem of a book for a very taboo topic

I bought this book because it's so difficult to talk about being in an affair with a married man to my family, friends, etc. I felt so alone. But I'm not. After reading this book I realized how common the emotions I've gone through really are. It's easy reading, well-written, and full of bluntness (which I needed). I think it's also a wonderful book for men to read. This book is giving me the courage to move on with my life.

I was pleased to hear a book like this exists!

I'm male, 25 Years old and involved in an affaire with a married woman. We love together, but I'm terribly in pain for myself. Finally I found the right book (I suggest it is for guys too...)What about some of the questions I'm sure are rumbling in your head (if you are involved in an affaire): -what if she/he will not leave the husband/wife? -what if she/he has childs and you were become a family friend? -what if she/he promise you thet she/he will newer have sexual contacts with the husband/wife and you discover she/he lies? -what if you are desperate for your life (it is terrible!!!!!) but you think you can not leave the partner? -what if you feel completly alone in this situation... Many answers in the book! Read it!M.