{"product_id":"solo-planet","title":"Solo Planet","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eHow can the church do better for its millions of singles? Journalist Anna Broadway travelled around the world to interview nearly 350 Christians for answers.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eSolo Planet\u003c\/span\u003e draws on her 17 months of fieldwork to provide a first-of-its-kind account of the single life of Christians from nearly 50 countries. Discussing a variety of topics—loneliness, sexuality, aging, housing, cooking, celebrations, parenting, and many more, it gives us the global-church story of singleness. Because when singles thrive in a church, everyone benefits. But consider these typical barriers within most churches:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"a-unordered-list a-vertical\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003eSingles and marrieds often don’t know how to talk to each other.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003eChristians continue to act as if nearly all will marry—and if you don’t, then something must be wrong with you.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003eChurches teach that marriage and family is God’s greatest gift outside of salvation—a perspective that deserves theological challenge.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003eWomen in the church outnumber men by a factor of millions—and churches do very little to acknowledge this gap.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eSolo Planet\u003c\/span\u003e calls Christians to a more faithful vision of singleness through the wisdom and stories of the global church: young and old; abled and disabled; and Catholic, Protestant, and Orthodox. \u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eThrough its deeply researched account,\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eSolo Planet\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e shows how a more biblical approach to singleness can strengthen churches and empower singles to thrive.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Anna Broadway","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43648277086420,"sku":"9781641586856","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0611\/9351\/9316\/files\/10091632_LRG.png?v=1765743840","url":"https:\/\/etcevents.co.uk\/products\/solo-planet","provider":"ETCEvents","version":"1.0","type":"link"}