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Author Joyce, Kathryn, 1979-

Title Quiverfull : inside the Christian patriarchy movement / Kathryn Joyce.

Imprint Boston : Beacon Press, c2009.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 3rd Floor Stacks  277.3083082 J853q 2009    ---  Available
Description xiv, 258 p. ; 24 cm.
Note Includes index.
Summary Provides an intimate view of the patriarchy movement. They believe the "biblical" woman wears modest, feminine dress and avoids not only sex but also dating before marriage. She doesn't speak in church, or try to have authority over men. She is a submissive wife who bolsters her husband in his role as spiritual and earthly leader of the family.
Contents Wives -- Mothers -- Daughters.
Subject Women in fundamentalist churches -- History.
Patriarchy -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
ISBN 0807010707 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9780807010709 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Standard No. BWX R9770635
CDX 8323195
AU@ 000043327170
NZ1 12906651

 
    
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