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050			_aBR1644.5.U6 _bG75 1997
100			_aGriffith, R. Marie (Ruth Marie), 1967-
245			_aGod's daughters : _bevangelical women and the power of submission / _cR. Marie Griffith.
260			_aBerkeley : _bUniversity of California Press, _c1997.
300			_axi, 275 p. ; _c24 cm.
500			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 249-270) and index.
505			_aFor such a time as this: Aglow and American culture -- Released, restored, set free: spirituality in practice -- Into light and life: healing and transformation -- Unveiling the heart: secrecy, openness, and intimacy -- Free to submit: discipline, authority, and sacrifice -- Submissive wives, wounded daughters, and female soldiers: reinventing Christian womanhood.
520			_a"In this 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 so often seem opposed." "Skillfully using both ethnography and history, Griffith explores the lives and complex roles that women play within Pentecostalism, one of the most important movements in twentieth-century world religion. By subtly deciphering the doctrine of female submission to male authority, long held by many evangelicals, Griffith reveals the intricate ways in which women both in and outside the Aglow Fellowship achieve unexpected forms of power and liberation. This is a remarkable and revealing book for anyone interested in women, religion, feminism, and American culture."--BOOK JACKET.
610			_bWomen's Aglow Fellowship (Lynnwood, Wash.)
650			_aPentecostal women _xHistory _y20th century. _zUnited States
650			_aWomen's prayer groups _xChristianity _xHistory _y20th century.
650			_aEvangelicalism _xHistory _y20th century. _zUnited States
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