{"product_id":"i-grew-up-in-the-bethany-ober-mannon-9781481318938","title":"I Grew Up in the Church: How American Evangelical Women Tell Their Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003e'I Grew Up in the Church': How American Evangelical Women Tell Their Stories\u003c\/i\u003e, Bethany Mannon studies the diverse and complex voices of women who have influenced the contemporary evangelical movement in North America. Women across the theological spectrum document fractures in evangelicalism and intervene in those debates using personal narratives that circulate in print and online. Drawing on feminist rhetorical theory and histories of evangelicalism in the United States, \u003ci\u003e'I Grew Up in the Church'\u003c\/i\u003e argues that these writers model alternatives to the conservative politics, rhetorics of certainty and combat, and rigid gender roles that have been hallmarks of the movement.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book details the diversity of voices that comprise the evangelical movement today: orthodox evangelicals, ex-evangelicals, progressives, and leaders. By studying texts from 2008 to 2018, Mannon examines how women have responded to a decade when white evangelicalism waned in numbers and influence. She explores the rhetorical power that personal narratives hold for these various groups during that decade of decline. These voices show how, in a diversity of contexts within the evangelical movement, women speak against racism in their faith communities, navigate leadership positions, and pursue rhetorical activist opportunities in conservative settings.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003e'I Grew Up in the Church'\u003c\/i\u003e will challenge and change readers' perspectives on American evangelicalism. The perspectives and stories of women from varying backgrounds uncover a side of the movement that is pushing back against deep-rooted power structures and redefining modern evangelical rhetoric.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Bethany Ober Mannon\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1481318934\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781481318938\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Baylor University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/15\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 285\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.88lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.48h x 5.61w x 0.86d","brand":"Bethany Ober Mannon","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46880810762495,"sku":"9781481318938","price":32.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_4ac77d2a-72f7-401c-bb5a-8735fa52e6ad.jpg?v=1747969812","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/i-grew-up-in-the-bethany-ober-mannon-9781481318938","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}