Evangelical Christian Women - War Stories in the Gender Battles

"Evangelical Christian Women" offers a look at conservative women who challenge gender norms within their religious traditions, the fallout they experience as part of the ensuing conflict, and the significance of the conflict over gender for the development and character of culture. In the face of a growing number of scholarly studies of conservative religious women that argue that submission is somehow "really" empowerment, this book seeks to get at the other side of the story; to document and explore the experiences of the women caught in the middle of the conservative Christian culture war over gender.

Summary

"Evangelical Christian Women" offers a look at conservative women who challenge gender norms within their religious traditions, the fallout they experience as part of the ensuing conflict, and the significance of the conflict over gender for the development and character of culture.

Product details

• Authors: Julie Ingersoll, Julia Lee
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.12.2003
• EAN: 9780814737699
• ISBN: 978-0-8147-3769-9
• No. of pages: 181
• Series: Qualitative Studies in Religion; Qualitative Studies in Religion
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works