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PDF Paper by AGTS Counseling Student: The Fear of Commitment To contact a student, call or email Professor Jim Harris at 417-268-1072 or jharris@agts.edu. (Posted 1/2/2002)

Have you or someone you know ever been afraid to commit to a relationship? Have you
ever been afraid to give yourself fully to someone because you were afraid of what might
result? If so this paper will be a benefit to you. It will look at some of the more common
fears and the reasons behind these fears. Additionally some helpful resources to over
come your fear of commitment are listed and reviewed so you can identify which books
are best suited for your particular situation. Although this is not a comprehensive
solution to the fear of commitment, having this resource in your hand is one of the first
steps along the way to overcoming the fear of commitment.

Article:  Groothius, Douglas R. "Postmodernism on Race and Gender: An Evangelical Response." Asbury Theological Review 54 (fall 1999): 53-71. Recommended by Earl Creps. (Posted 10/19/2001)

Article:  Horstman, Joey Earl, "Growing Up Human: The Postmodern Identity Crisis." Other Side 39 (January-February 1994): 42-43, 59. Recommended by Earl Creps. (Posted 10/19/2001)

Article:  Muck, Terry C. "After Selfhood: Constructing the Religious Self in a Post-Self Age." Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 41 (March 1998): 107-22. Recommended by Earl Creps. (Posted 10/19/2001)

Article:  Thatcher, Adrian. "Marriage after Modernity: Christian Marriage in Postmodern Times." Theology 103, no. 811 (January-February 2000): 63. Recommended by Earl Creps. (Posted 10/19/2001)

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