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# Continuing the Dating Book
- URL: https://mereorthodoxy.com/continuing-the-dating-book/
- Published: 2008-12-01T02:11:39.000Z
- Updated: 2026-04-20T21:14:51.000Z
- Description: Continuing the Dating Book
- Author: Mere Orthodoxy
- Tags: Matthew Lee Anderson, Uncategorized

Over at ConversantLife, [we're through the Preface of the "dating book."](http://www.conversantlife.com/node/15094?ref=mereorthodoxy.com) It really needs a title--any suggestions?

This week, we're going to be working our way through the first chapter. My central contention--that dating and courting *as institutions* are dead--is perhaps the most difficult to prove. For those readers whom have contact with high school or college students on a regular basis, I would love to hear your thoughts.

For everyone else, the commenting action has been a lot of fun. It has been nothing short of invigorating, which I suspect will spill over to this blog eventually. 

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