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The Struggle to Stay is an intimate and insightful portrait of single women's experiences in evangelical churches. Drawing on unprecedented access to churches in the United States and the United Kingdom, Katie Gaddini relates the struggles of four women, interwoven with her own story of leaving behind a devout faith.
List of contents
Preface
1. Homecoming
2. Without You, I Am Nothing
3. In the World
4. Purity Culture
5. The Ideal Woman
6. Wounds That Never Heal
7. Reprisals
8. The Struggle to Stay
Acknowledgments
Methodological Note
Notes
Bibliography
Index
About the author
Katie Gaddini is a sociologist at the Social Research Institute, University College London (UCL) and a research associate in the Department of Sociology at the University of Johannesburg. She is a United Kingdom Research and Innovation Research Fellow at Stanford University and UCL.. Gaddini previously worked in the prevention of gender-based violence in Peru, South Africa, Spain, and the United States.
Summary
The Struggle to Stay is an intimate and insightful portrait of single women’s experiences in evangelical churches. Drawing on unprecedented access to churches in the United States and the United Kingdom, Katie Gaddini relates the struggles of four women, interwoven with her own story of leaving behind a devout faith.
