God's Daughters: Evangelical Women and the Power of Submission

by R. Marie Griffith

Book Overview

In recent decades, religious conservatives and secular liberals have battled over the "appropriate" role of women in society. In this absorbing exploration of Women's Aglow Fellowship, the largest women's 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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520226828
• ISBN13: 9780520226821
• Release Date: November 2000
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 286 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"

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Brilliant Work

I just devoured this book sitting in a bookstore. The book is revolutionary for feminism: a great critique of feminist stereotypes of religiosity with real life stories. It opens up feminism to religion and religion to feminism by drawing out parallels ignored in dominant discourses. As I read some of the stories, I had tears streaming down my face. I was completely engrossed by both the ethnographic elements and the theoretical arguments. Great job!

Good insight into an oft-mocked group.

Griffith does what I thought was impossible -- makes me feel sympathetic towards "submissive" fundamentalist women. This was a required text for one of my courses at a pretty liberal seminary. It was good for all of us to remind ourselves that "the other side" is made up (mostly) of normal, well-meaning human beings of good faith.