Race, Gender, and Indigeneity in Peruvian Mormonism
Peruvian members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints face the dilemma of embracing their faith while finding space to nourish their Peruvianness. Jason Palmer draws on eight years of fieldwork to provide an on-the-ground look at the relationship between Peruvian Saints and the racial and gender complexities of the contemporary ......
Race, Gender, and Indigeneity in Peruvian Mormonism
Peruvian members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints face the dilemma of embracing their faith while finding space to nourish their Peruvianness. Jason Palmer draws on eight years of fieldwork to provide an on-the-ground look at the relationship between Peruvian Saints and the racial and gender complexities of the contemporary ......
Falling in love is easy. Keeping the sizzle in your marriage? That's more like grilling the perfect steak-it takes time, attention, and some secret spices. Mastering your wife's heart doesn't have to be complicated, but it will take a little effort. Good intentions alone will not get the job done.Gary Chapman gears this edition of his #1 "New York ......
Examines the writing of Sofia Samatar, Samuel R. Delany, Casey Plett, Miriam Toews, and others to theorize theapoetics, a queer feminist decolonial reading strategy.
Emerging as Affirmative Pastoral Caregivers Beyond Gender Binaries: Gender Creative Promise uniquely brings a gender diverse theological imagination to the field of pastoral theology, supplemented by deploying a "gender creative" interpretative lens on scripture, borrowing a term coined by psychologist Diane Ehrensaft in her work with transgender ......
What role do religious narratives play in the elevated rates of suicide attempt among LGBTQ people? Taking a narrative approach to first-person accounts, this book addresses the potential violence of theological narratives upon queer souls and contributes to constructive methods of intervention toward the livability of life for queer people.
101 Daily Devotions to Inspire and Support You in Times of Need
You'll find comfort, inspiration, and wisdom in these 101 daily Christian devotions to help you through tough times and trials in your life, including illness, grief, financial problems, family issues, and much more.
101 Daily Devotions to Comfort, Encourage, and Inspire Mothers
Enjoy 101 daily Christian devotions to comfort, encourage, and inspire you through the ups and downs of motherhood. You will find new joy and purpose as you navigate your daily life as a mother.
Whether we grew up in the repressive purity culture of American Evangelical Christianity or not, we've all been taught in subtle and not-so-subtle ways that sex (outside of very specific contexts) is taboo. Licensed mental health counselor Matthias Roberts helps readers overcome their shame and determine their own definition of healthy sex.
Zoomorphic Slurs and the Delegitimation of Deborah and Huldah in the Bab
In this book, Blazenka Scheuer demonstrates the multiple ways in which zoomorphic images were used as interpretative keys both in the formation of Deborah and Huldah stories in the Hebrew Bible and in their subsequent versions.
The U.S. Declaration of Independence of 1776 decreed that all men were created equal and were endowed by their Creator with "certain unalienable Rights." Yet, U.S.-born free and enslaved Black people were not recognized as citizens with "equal protections under the law" until the passage of the Fourteenth Amendment. Even then, White supremacists ......
This book explores challenging doctrines dealing with women's bodies and rebirth in Shin Buddhism, and relates those teachings to similar concerns around women's bodies in Christianity.
