Dating Jesus : A Story of Fundamentalism, Feminism, and the American Girl (Paperback)

from EmScape

I spent the first part of this book wishing I could bring myself to highlight in books that are not textbooks. I want to hand this book to my husband with the parts relevant to my own childhood pointed out with highlighter. I want to laugh and also cry at how similar my life was to the author's. ...

from brandydaniels

Having grown in up a fundamentalist faith myself (and also now being a feminist) I was highly intrigued by this book and excited to have won it through the Early Reviewers program! That being said, I had high expectations for the book, and it turned out being different from what I expected--still...

from brandydaniels

Having grown in up a fundamentalist faith myself (and also now being a feminist) I was highly intrigued by this book and excited to have won it through the Early Reviewers program! That being said, I had high expectations for the book, and it turned out being different from what I expected--still...

from manogirl

Wow. This book blew me away. I expected it to be one thing--a tossing off of the yoke of faith--and it was another entirely. I think it was more about coming to terms with childhood "run through" with fundamentalism, and reconciliation with a feminist Jesus. I'm not a Christian, so I don't think ...

from RidgewayGirl

I'm having trouble marshaling my thoughts in regards to Susan Campbell's account of growing up within a rigid brand of Christianity and how that shaped her adult life. When I was sixteen, my family moved and the new church we attended was unlike what I had been used to. For a while I fell in with...