Beyond belief : the secret lives of women in extreme religions / edited by Susan Tive & Cami Ostman.
Material type: TextPublication details: Berkeley, CA : Seal Press, c2013.Description: xi, 313 p. ; 21 cmISBN:- 1580054420
- 9781580054423
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Adult Book | Main Library | NonFiction | 200.92 B573 | Available | 33111007452663 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Beyond Belief addresses what happens when women of extreme religions decide to walk away. Editors Susan Tive (a former Orthodox Jew) and Cami Ostman (a de-converted fundamentalist born-again Christian) have compiled a collection of powerful personal stories written by women of varying ages, races, and religious backgrounds who share one commonality: they ve all experienced and rejected extreme religions.
Covering a wide range of religious communities including Evangelical, Catholic, Jewish, Mormon, Muslim, Calvinist, Moonie, and Jehovah s Witness and containing contributions from authors like Julia Scheeres ( Jesus Land ), the stories in Beyond Belief reveal how these women became involved, what their lives were like, and why they came to the decision to eventually abandon their faiths. The authors shed a bright light on the rigid expectations and misogyny so often built into religious orthodoxy, yet they also explain the lure why so many women are attracted to these lifestyles, what they find that s beautiful about living a religious life, and why leaving can be not only very difficult but also bittersweet."
Church Bodies / Naomi J. Williams -- Direct Line to God / Cami Ostman -- Beaten by Devotion / Huda Al-Marashi -- Baptizing the Annas / Caitlin Constantine -- Uniforms / Leah Lax -- Seducing God / Joshunda Victoria Sanders -- Show Me the Way / Elise Brianne Curtin -- Swan Sister / Yolande Elise Brener -- Turning Twelve / Lucia Greenhouse -- Touch / Elise Glassman -- Body Language / Pamela Helberg -- A Mother in Israel / Stephanie Durden Edwards -- Poisonous Promises / Grace Peterson -- Tilapia Mikveh / Susan Tive -- Witness / Melanie Hoffert -- Eva / Leila Khan -- White Lie / Nikki Smith -- Always Leaving / Donna M. Johnson -- Separation / Colleen Haggerty -- Dirty Girl / Erin Seaward-Hiatt -- Can I Get a Witness? / Elizabeth Taylor-Mead -- Lucky Cat / Kyria Abrahams -- Church of the Snake / Carolyn Briggs -- The Impreceptible Head Shake / Julia Scheeres -- Duct Tape and Baling Wire / Valerie Tarico -- Nun Hands / Mary Johnson.
"With stories by women from a wide range of religious communities--including Evangelical Christian, Catholic, Jewish, Mormon, Muslim, Calvinist, Moonie, the Unification Church, and Jehovah's Witnesses--the writers in Beyond Belief pull back a heavy curtain to reveal what they love about their lives within these communities, along with the pain that comes from the rigid expectations and diminishment of women so often built into religious orthodoxy."--Back cover.