Evangelical Identity and Gendered Family Life

by Sally K. Gallagher

Book Overview

Evangelical Identity and Gendered Family Life provides a sociological and historical analysis of gender, family, and work among evangelical Protestants. In this innovative study, Sally Gallagher traces two lines of gender ideals--one of husbands' authority and leadership, the other of mutuality and partnership in marriage--from the Puritans to the Promise Keepers into the lives of ordinary evangelicals today. Rather than simply reacting against...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813531799
• ISBN13: 9780813531793
• Release Date: January 2003
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.5" x 9.2"