Bibliograph

The woman they wanted, shattering the illusion of the good Christian wife, Shannon Harris

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The woman they wanted, shattering the illusion of the good Christian wife, Shannon Harris

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliograghical references

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autobiography

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The woman they wanted

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1373693813

Responsibility statement

Shannon Harris

Sub title

shattering the illusion of the good Christian wife

Summary

As the soon-to-be wife of youth pastor Joshua Harris, Shannon Harris found that nothing in her secular upbringing had prepared her to enter the world of conservative Christianity. When Joshua wrote I Kissed Dating Goodbye, it became a bestseller and helped inspire a national purity movement. Now Shannon's identity became "pastor's wife." Asked to live within a narrow definition of womanhood for almost two decades, she found her worldview was narrowed, her motivations questioned, her behavior examined, until she had been whittled down to an idealized version of femininity envisioned as an extension of her husband and the church. This decidedly patriarchal world, perpetuated even by the other women, began to feel like a slow death. When Sovereign Grace Ministries fell apart due to leadership conflicts, Shannon began to shake off the fog of depression and confusion, and she found her truest self. --, adapted from jacket

Table Of Contents

Preface -- Beginnings -- Illusions -- The good woman -- Undoings -- Exodus -- Missing pieces -- Braver things

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Shattering the illusion of the good Christian wife

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