| Description |
xxvi, 321 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-319). |
| Contents |
October: gentleness, girl gone mild -- November: domesticity, Martha, Martha -- December: obedience, my husband, my master -- January: valor, will the real Proverbs 31 woman please stand up? -- February: beauty, my breasts are like towers -- March: modesty, hula-hooping with the Amish -- April: purity, the worst time of the month to go camping -- May: fertility, quivers full of arrows and sippy cups -- June: submission, a disposition to yield -- July: charity, eat more guinea pig -- August: silence, I am woman, hear me no more -- September: grace, days of awe. |
| Summary |
The author spends a year exploring traditional Biblical roles for women, including such activities as interviewing a polygamist's wife, visiting an Amish school, abstaining from gossip, and corresponding with an Orthodox Jewish woman. |
| Subject |
Women -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
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Women -- Biblical teaching.
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Christian women -- Religious life.
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Sex role -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
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Sex role -- Biblical teaching.
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Evans, Rachel Held, 1981-2019
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| ISBN |
9781595553676 alkaline paper |
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1595553673 alkaline paper |
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