Marriage: What’s love got to do with it? Historically, very little, plus weekly faithwise roundup

 

VALENTINES News (first image (on the left): How the World Tweets I Love You: 1. Israel; 2. Sweden; 3. Norway; 4. Spain; 5. Hungary; 6. Netherlands; 7. Greece; 8. Saudi Arabia; 9. Turkey; 10. UAE):

• Men: consider this your 48 hour warning - VALENTINES DAY IS FRIDAY. But marital love is a very recent invention
• What Would Muhammad Do?  3 practical steps to remove bitterness from Valentine’s Day 
• Romantic love – overrated and hyped-up by the media since 1200AD
• The economics of sex: Has the price gotten too cheap?
• 10 Humorous Christian Valentines 
• Pope's marriage recipe: 'Please, thanks, sorry'
• Google's  Valentine's Day 2014 (International)
• Valentine’s Day: The Myth of Love and Desire "When vows go wrong, we get a glimpse behind the myth of romantic love." Suzanne Ross 
• Puritan Valentine's Day Cards - CollegeHumor Post
• Valentine Songs - Evergreen Bollywood Romantic Collection
• Richard Marx - I'll never fall in love again with lyrics
• Valentine's Day - with a Jain twist - Young Jains
• Valentine's Day and Judaism
• How would Buddha love 
• Buddhism and Valentines Day. 
• Love in Islam: Valentine’s Day JOHN (YAHYA) EDERER
• Witty preparation for a very Muslim Valentine's Day
• Muslims ‘Celebrate’ Valentine’s Day
• Why I am celebrating Valentines Day as a Pakistani Muslim
• Valentine's Day Gift Ideas for Muslim Women: Wife or Girlfriend
• Hindus Burn Valentine's Cards in India
• Punjabi valentine. Hilarious Happy Valen-Time Day (Read: Balen = Rolling pin / Beating Time)
• Beware of Valentine day - Hindu Janajagruti Samiti  
• Valentine’s Day: Bajrang Dal, VHP activists throw rotten tomatoes on couples
• Valentine's Day, the Universal Phenomenon, by Mike Ghouse; see also: Valentine's Day Message: Valentine Day's Universal Message, For My Single, Coupled And Married Friends by Mike Ghouse
• Loving Rabbi Thalia Kleinman Gary Morgenstein 
• Thoughts to Make Your Heart Sing Sally Lloyd-Jones
• The Four Loves C. S. Lewis

On the same shelf:

What Non-Christians Want Christians To Hear 

 Single woman seeking part-time lover?

Why I Keep Working to Close Guantánamo

The Questions Christians Hope No One Will Ask: (With Answers) Mark Mittelberg

What I Wish My Christian Friends Knew about Judaism Robert Schoen

  I'm OK - You're Not: The Message We're Sending Nonbelievers And Why We Should Stop John Shore

Solidarity Across Religious Lines -- World Interfaith Harmony Week at the United Nations

VIRGIN MARY PBUH MAY HAVE LIVED IN TURKEY. THE POPE'S BELIEVE IT.

NSA denies that it eavesdropped on Vatican

Misreading Scripture with Western Eyes: Removing Cultural Blinders to Better Understand the Bible E. Randolph Richards

A Manual for Creating Atheists Peter Boghossian

More Fruits of Multi-Faith Labor

Catholic Bishops' meet calls for inter-faith dialogue

 Interfaith couples most common in Spain, according to Facebook profiles 

Athiests and nonbelievers 'still have a place' in Utah's interfaith community

Blue Like Jazz: Nonreligious Thoughts on Christian Spirituality Donald Miller

Is It OK to Talk to the Grave of Your Loved One?

Evangelical women look beyond Bible study to new causes - Religion News Service

Will the 'Chained Wives' of Judaism Finally Be Released? 

 Muslim woman says people friendlier when hat, scarf cover hijab

Are You One of Those Sufis? Mohamed Ghilan

Desacralizing Arabic & Alienating Non-Arabs by Mohamed Ghilan

Measuring the Church’s social footprint