God's Daughters: Evangelical Women and the Power of Submission by R. Marie Griff

Description: God's Daughters by R. Marie Griffith Religious conservatives and secular liberals have battled over the appropriate role of women in society. This title presents an exploration of Womens Aglow Fellowship, one of the largest womens evangelical organizations in the world, that challenges the simple generalizations often made about charismatic or spirit-filled Christian women. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description In recent decades, religious conservatives and secular liberals have battled over the "appropriate" role of women in society. In this absorbing exploration of Womens Aglow Fellowship, the largest womens evangelical organization in the world, R. Marie Griffith challenges the simple generalizations often made about charismatic or "spirit-filled" Christian women and uncovers important connections between Aglow members and the feminists to whom they so often seem opposed. Womens Aglow is an international, interdenominational group of "spirit-filled" women who meet outside the formal church structure for healing prayer, worship, and testimony. Aglow represents a wider evangelical culture that has gained recent media attention as women inspired by the Christian mens group, Promise Keepers, have initiated parallel groups such as Praise Keepers and Promise Reapers. These groups are generally newcomers to an institutional landscape that Aglow has occupied for thirty years, but their beliefs and commitments are very similar to Aglows. While historians have examined earlier womens prayer groups, theyve tended to ignore these modern-day evangelical groups because of their assumed connection to the "religious right."Gods Daughters reveals a devotional world in which oral and written testimonies recount the afflictions of human life and the means for seeking relief and divine assistance. A relationship with God, envisioned as father, husband or lover, and friend, is a way to come to terms with pain, dysfunctional family relationships, and a desire for intimacy. Griffiths book is also valuable in showing the complex role that women play within Pentecostalism, a movement that has become one of the most important in twentieth-century world religions. Flap "Vivid, lucid, and well-written. I came away with a better understanding of how the specific realities of being submissive wives are negotiated, constructed, challenged, and transformed."--Lynn Davidman, author of Tradition in a Rootless World "Griffiths deft portrayal is a unique and important contribution to the study of Pentecostal spirituality and a compelling model for the retelling of womens religious experience in twentieth-century American culture."--Margaret Bendroth, author of Fundamentalism and Gender, 1875 to Present Author Biography R. Marie Griffith is Lecturer in the Department of Religion and Associate Director of the Center for the Study of American Religion at Princeton University. Table of Contents Acknowledgments Introduction 1. For Such a Time as This: Aglow and American Culture 2. Released, Restored, Set Free: Spirituality in Practice 3· Into Light and Life: Healing and Transformation 4· Unveiling the Heart: Secrecy, Openness, and Intimacy 5· Free to Submit: Discipline, Authority, and Sacrifice 6. Submissive Wives, Wounded Daughters, and Female Soldiers: Reinventing Christian Womanhood Conclusion Notes Selected Bibliography Index Review "Griffith finds in these women a quiet strength that feminist discourse has all but ignored."--"Mother Jones Long Description In recent decades, religious conservatives and secular liberals have battled over the "appropriate" role of women in society. In this absorbing exploration of Womens Aglow Fellowship, the largest womens evangelical organization in the world, R. Marie Griffith challenges the simple generalizations often made about charismatic or "spirit-filled" Christian women and uncovers important connections between Aglow members and the feminists to whom they so often seem opposed. Womens Aglow is an international, interdenominational group of "spirit-filled" women who meet outside the formal church structure for healing prayer, worship, and testimony. Aglow represents a wider evangelical culture that has gained recent media attention as women inspired by the Christian mens group, Promise Keepers, have initiated parallel groups such as Praise Keepers and Promise Reapers. These groups are generally newcomers to an institutional landscape that Aglow has occupied for thirty years, but their beliefs and commitments are very similar to Aglows. While historians have examined earlier womens prayer groups, theyve tended to ignore these modern-day evangelical groups because of their assumed connection to the "religious right." Gods Daughtersreveals a devotional world in which oral and written testimonies recount the afflictions of human life and the means for seeking relief and divine assistance. A relationship with God, envisioned as father, husband or lover, and friend, is a way to come to terms with pain, dysfunctional family relationships, and a desire for intimacy. Griffiths book is also valuable in showing the complex role that women play within Pentecostalism, a movement that has become one of the most important in twentieth-century world religions. Details ISBN0520226828 Author R. Marie Griffith Short Title GODS DAUGHTERS Publisher University of California Press Language English ISBN-10 0520226828 ISBN-13 9780520226821 Media Book Format Paperback Year 2000 Imprint University of California Press Subtitle Evangelical Women and the Power of Submission Country of Publication United States Edition 1st Place of Publication Berkerley Birth 1967 Illustrations black & white illustrations DOI 10.1604/9780520226821 UK Release Date 2000-11-24 AU Release Date 2000-11-24 NZ Release Date 2000-11-24 US Release Date 2000-11-24 Pages 286 Publication Date 2000-11-24 DEWEY 267 Audience General We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:159563389;

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