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University of California Press Virgin Territory
Book SynopsisWomen's virginity held tremendous significance in early Christianity and the Mediterranean world. Early Christian thinkers developed diverse definitions of virginity and understood its bodily aspects in surprising, often nonanatomical ways.Eventually Christians took part in a cross-cultural shift toward viewing virginity as something that could be perceived in women's sex organs. Treating virginity as anatomical brought both benefits and costs. By charting this change and situating it in the larger landscape of ancient thought,Virgin Territoryilluminates unrecognized differences among early Christian sources and historicizes problematic ideas about women's bodies that still persist today.Trade Review"An exciting and essential addition to the ever-growing body of scholarship on the body in antiquity." * Bryn Mawr Classical Review *"Lillis offers a sophisticated study that enhances historians’ sensitivity to an intellectual history of virginity." * Plekos *Table of ContentsContents Acknowledgments Notes to the Reader Abbreviations for Series and Reference Works Introduction: Ancient and Present-Day Meanings for Virginity PART ONE. Virginity with and without Virginal Anatomy 1. Testing, Showing, and Perceiving Virginity in Antiquity 2. Mary’s Forms of Virginity in Early Christian Writings PART TWO. Christian Conceptualizations of Virginity in the Fourth Century 3. Virginity of Body and Soul: Fourth-Century Christian Configurations 4. Sealed Fountains: The Imagery of Fourth-Century Christian Virginity Discourse PART THREE. The Cost of Anatomized Virginity for Late Ancient Christians 5. Perceptible Virginity: Its Usefulness and Consequences 6. Augustine of Hippo and the Problem of Double Integrity Conclusion: Variety Persists Bibliography Index
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University of California Press Trans Talmud
Book SynopsisTrade Review"In a world that seeks to erase our history and our bodies, these texts provide images of a past where we may have existed, albeit with complexities. To study Talmud is to dream our past into the future, and to engage in the act of traveling through time accompanied by our ancestors’ voices. . . . As queer, trans and nonbinary Jews do the work of consciously creating a usable past, Trans Talmud invites us to do so with more integrity and precision." * Lilith *"Dr. Max Strassfeld, Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Arizona, now offers us a welcome guide to Talmudic gender(s) in this meticulous, far-reaching, and lyrical book. It welcomes a wide variety of readers with patient explanations of central concepts in the fields of gender and queer studies and the world of the Talmud and rabbinic literature of late antiquity." * Jewish Book Council *"Strassfield…nourishes the discussion of the ancient texts on a marginalized community then and now. Recommended to interested individuals and academic libraries." * Association of Jewish Libraries Reviews *"Trans Talmud regularly disrupts our understandings of sex, gender and sexuality, and so too of what scholarship itself is meant to be. Strassfeld makes these texts come to life as he sprinkles gems of insight and relevance throughout." * Journal of Jewish Studies *"A thought-provoking book. . . . [that] will be a point of reference for future studies on bodies that challenge the binary categorization of sex/gender in late ancient Jewish literature and beyond." * Religious Studies Review *Table of ContentsContents Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Transing Late Antiquity: The Politics of the Study of Eunuchs and Androgynes 2. The Gendering of Law: The Androgyne and the Hybrid Animal in Bikkurim 3. Sex with Androgynes 4. Transing the Eunuch: Kosher and Damaged Masculinity 5. Eunuch Temporality: The Saris and the Aylonit Conclusion: Rereading the Rabbis Again Bibliography Glossary Inde
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Princeton University Press Before Sexuality The Construction of Erotic
Book SynopsisFeatures fifteen original essays where eminent cultural historians and classicists not only discuss sex, but demonstrate how norms, practices, and even the very definitions of what counts as sexual activity have varied significantly over time.Trade Review"[The contributors] have either renewed the study of traditional topics and sources ... or brought neglected and marginalized topics centrally into the play of cultural history by means of their hermeneutic approach and omnivorous perspective."--The Times Literary Supplement
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Princeton University Press Hysteria Complicated by Ecstasy
Book SynopsisEighteen-year-old Nanette Leroux fell ill in 1822 with a variety of incapacitating nervous symptoms. Living near the spa at Aix-les-Bains, she became the charity patient of its medical director, Antoine Despine, who treated her with hydrotherapy and animal magnetism. This title offers an account of the young woman's mental afflictions.Trade Review"[A]n ingenious accommodation of Freud and Foucault's disparate positions... reviving investigation of hysteria for the new decade."--George Rousseau, Times Literary Supplement "Jan Goldstein ... has uncovered a remarkable manuscript."--Robert Shilkret, PsycCRITIQUES "This is a remarkable piece of analysis in which we learn not only of how a semi-literate peasant girl experienced her nineteenth-century world, but where the reader also experiences how the historian was approached and handled her material. It serves as an inspiring exercise in historical methodology and analysis... Hysteria Complicated by Ecstasy is informative on many levels, and provides a coherent narrative that encapsulates various facets of the life of a girl suffering from mental illness in nineteenth-century Savoy."--Ian Miller, Canadian Journal of History "Hysteria Complicated by Ecstasy is an interesting case study, containing particularly rich and stimulating analysis."--Jacqueune Carroy, Journal of BJHS "Richly detailed and engagingly presented, this study is an important addition to the growing body of work examining medical perspectives on the condition of women and gender relations in the nineteenth century."--Louise Lyle, French Studies "[C]oncise and fascinating."--Sarah Maza, Journal of Modern History "Jan Goldstein has brought to bear her formidable talents as a cultural and intellectual historian in an examination that is always subtle and suggestive... It is a beautifully written and thoughtful book--there are, for example, delightful passages on her personal experiences and procedures as an historian--and superbly produced by Princeton University Press."--Peter McPhee, Metascience "Its insights invite readers to reconsider their own views of psychosomatic illness, as well as to revisit the much-studied subject of hysteria in new terms. The book is written in a clear, concise, and elegant style; it is an admirable and original example of a multi-layered microhistory, one that extends the reader's understanding of the much wider social history forming and informing Nanette's individual case."--Cristina Mazzoni, Nineteenth-Century French Studies "The assets of the work are numerous and Hysteria Complicated by Ecstasy: The Case of Nanette Leroux succeeds on a number of critical fronts. The usefulness of the text is beyond question in terms of the content and it represents some exemplary methodological moves that would helpfully instruct those new to archival work and inspire those familiar with such methods but new to medical history. All in all, the work is commendable, smart, and deserves recognition for its many strengths."--Alina Bennett, Foucault Studies "[A]bsorbing and well-written... This is a wonderfully thoughtful contribution to the history of medicine."--Peter Cryle, French HistoryTable of ContentsList of Illustrations vii Preface ix Part One: HYSTERIA COMPLICATED BY ECSTASY Sexuality, Time, and Commodities in the Malady of Nanette Leroux Chapter 1: PRELIMINARIES 3 The Authors of the Case: An Inbuilt Polyphony 6 The Plot Summary 11 Chapter 2: CONTEXTS 18 Contexts: What They Do for the Reader, and How Many Are Enough 18 Savoy: Old Regime, Revolution, and Piedmontese Restoration 20 The Spa: A Characteristically Nineteenth-Century Setting 35 Commodities and Consumer Culture 42 Diagnostics: Catalepsy and Hysteria circa 1820 46 Medicine and Science as Public Spectacle 56 The Local Scientifi c Public Sphere 64 Scientifi c Networks, or How Despine Found Bertrand 65 Religion in Savoy and in the Leroux Case 69 Defi ant Women: Despine's Chagrins Domestiques 73 Chapter 3: MAKING SENSE OF THE CASE 83 The Authors' Understanding of the Case 83 A Twenty-First-Century Interpretation of the Case 94 Chapter 4: TEXTUAL MATTERS 128 Nanette Leroux or "Nanette Leroux": The Issue of Pseudonyms 128 Palimpsest and Polyphony: The State of the Manuscript 129 Choosing a Text for Translation 133 Part Two: THE TEXT OF THE CASE HISTORY OBSERVATIONS OF NANETTE LEROUX Hysteria Complicated by Ecstasy 137 Appendix On the Compatibility of Foucauldian and Freudian Approaches 201 Notes 205 Index 239
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Baker Publishing Group Homosexuality and the Christian A Guide for
Book SynopsisHonest, accurate answers to questions about homosexuality from the leading Christian expert on the topic. Also explains current research and whether homosexuality can be overcome.
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Baker Publishing Group Your Beautiful Purpose
Book SynopsisPopular Radio Host Shows Women How to Embrace God''s Unique Call for Their LifeListeners to Susie Larson''s radio show and women she meets at events across the country tell her the same thing: I want to do something meaningful for God, but I don''t know what to do, or how.Drawing on her own hard-earned experiences, Larson shows readers how to overcome insecurities, busyness, and other obstacles in order to focus their gifts and passions on their unique God-assignment. With biblical insights and inspiring stories from a variety of women, this action-oriented guide will speak to every woman who has felt a nudge from God--from the visionary who wants to end poverty to the empty-nest mom who feels called to help the young single mother next door.
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Baker Publishing Group No More Christian Nice Guy
Book SynopsisThe expanded edition of this bestselling book shows men how to say no to nice guy syndrome and live a bold, powerful, and passionate life like Christ.
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Baker Publishing Group Your Powerful Prayers Reaching the Heart of God
Book SynopsisThrough personal stories and biblical insights, Susie Larson shares the secrets to effective prayer in this warm and wise book. You'll be amazed at what your prayers can do when you combine reverence, expectation, and a tenacious hold on God's promises. Discussion questions included.
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Baker Publishing Group Moments with You Daily Connections for Couples
Book SynopsisThe secret to spiritual growth for couples is more moments together--with each other and God. These short, poignant biblical devotions for couples provide a daily discussion point, prayer, and Scripture reference.
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Baker Publishing Group Courageous Women of the Bible
Book SynopsisHow Women Can Live with Boldness and Confidence Every DayEvery woman knows it''s easy to lose sight of the heavenly power of God at work in our lives during times of hardship, exhaustion, stress, and change. But no matter the situation--whether it''s our health, marriage, finances, family, or vocation--God has equipped all women with the power and influence to live freely and confidently.With warmth and a welcoming style, speaker and award-winning writer LaTan Roland Murphy illuminates eleven courageous women in the Bible and shows how each was uniquely positioned for success because of her courageous choices. From Deborah to Jael to Mary, Murphy shows that these women chose to draw near to God; as a result, they were equipped with power for the supernatural ability to live courageous lives despite often undesirable circumstances. These stories will inspire women of all ages to trust God, minister to others, and live confidently and courageously no matter the
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Fleming H. Revell Company The Measure of a Man
Book SynopsisMore Than a Million Copies Have Been Sold of this Powerful Book for Men, Now Revised for a New GenerationFor forty years, The Measure of a Man has taught hundreds of thousands of men around the world how to live according to God''s direction--faithfully, lovingly, and spiritually. Now revised this classic guide to biblical masculinity is poised to impact a new generation of men.True masculinity is not measured by the strength of a man, but by these twenty biblical guidelines drawn from the Apostle Paul''s letters to his young protégés Timothy and Titus. Inspiring, encouraging, and practical, this book shows men how they can reach God''s standards as fathers, husbands, and mentors to other men. This updated edition includes QR codes that take the reader to online video resources for further study.
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Fleming H. Revell Company I Dont Want a Divorce
Book SynopsisWhat could be good about a bad marriage? The good news is that couples can get beyond their old marriage and its destructive habits and build a brand-new one with the same spouse. And they can do it in just 90 days, even if only one spouse is committed to change.Thousands of couples in marriages that are on the brink of divorce will never enter a therapist''s office. For others, it''s too late by the time they do agree to come. But for more than twenty years, David Clarke has seen marriages turn around in just three months. In I Don''t Want a Divorce, he takes his practical plan and presents it using wit, Scripture, and personal stories to help couples turn difficult marriages into great ones. Whether the issue is communication, the kids, negative attitudes, or even serious sin, Clarke''s personalized approach will put readers on the road to a great marriage.
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Baker Publishing Group Thats My Teenage Son
Book SynopsisBestselling author of That's My Son now helps moms use their considerable influence to help their teenage sons become good men.
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Baker Publishing Group When Anxiety Roars
Book SynopsisA licensed counselor with more than 20 years' experience working with children and parents helps you understand of how anxiety affects your child's body, mind, thoughts, behavior, and feelings. With helpful stories and illustrations, this book offers practical tools from a faithful perspective that will help you and your child to tame their anxiety.
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Baker Publishing Group 100 Ways to Love Your Husband
Book SynopsisCouples with great marriages know one simple truth: the best marriages are made up of many everyday decisions that say 'I love you' rather than those that say 'I love me.' When we put the other person first, even in little ways, we find true fulfillment.This book offers wives powerful, practical, hands-on advice to start applying immediately. Maybe you are just entering into marriage and want to start off on the right foot. Maybe you have made some mistakes along the way and are struggling to connect. Or maybe you want your marriage to go from good to great. Wherever you currently are in your relationship, let Lisa Jacobson help you learn how to love your husband well.
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Baker Publishing Group 100 Words of Affirmation Your Wife Needs to Hear
Book SynopsisBestselling author and founder of FaithfulMan.com offers biblically based words of affirmation and love to daily encourage and uplift your wife, cultivating a positive relationship to enjoy the marriage God designed for you.
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Baker Publishing Group Its Better to Bite Your Tongue Than Eat Your
Book SynopsisAll of us could use a communication tune-upEver come away from a conversation wishing you''d said something differently, something else, or just something? We''ve all had conversations that took an unproductive turn or avoided conversations that really needed to happen. If you want to become a better communicator, Dr. Mike Bechtle has good news: the art of confident conversation is something you can develop through simple, repeatable habits. In this book, he shows you how to- embrace your temperament- overcome feelings of intimidation- choose the right words at the right time- speak up for others and yourself- and much moreSay goodbye to fear, regret, and 'I should (or shouldn''t) have said that.' Say hello to intentional, appropriate, timely conversations that get your point across even as they build relationships. This book provides mastery of the skills of confident communication in any situation.
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Baker Publishing Group Extraordinary Women of Christian History What We
Book SynopsisEngaging and candid narrative combined with provocative questions at the end of each chapter makes the lives of 77 women of church history come alive and stimulates spirited discussion.
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Baker Publishing Group Love Sex and Lasting Relationships
Book SynopsisGod wants his children to have a lasting relationship and great sex--the results of a deep, meaningful love that is rooted in commitment. Now updated and with a fresh new cover, Love, Sex, and Lasting Relationships helps readers walk a path to true love that is more fulfilling than they ever imagined. 'There''s a better way to find love, stay in love, and grow in intimacy for a lifetime,' says Chip Ingram. It''s God''s way. Whether single or married, happy or searching for hope, readers will discover that by following God''s prescription, they can create a love that lasts.
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Baker Publishing Group Battle Ready
Book SynopsisPopular blogger and speaker empowers women to stomp out doubt, build new thought patterns, and prepare their minds for life's unexpected battles and opportunities.
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Baker Publishing Group An Essential Guide to Interpersonal Communication
Book SynopsisTwo experts offer a solid Christian perspective on interpersonal communication in our social media age.Table of ContentsContentsIntroduction1. Be Grateful2. Listen Attentively3. Single-Task4. Know Yourself5. Relate Openly6. Encourage Others7. Promote Peace8. Restore RelationshipsConclusion: Celebrate FriendshipsAppendix: Using An Essential Guide to Interpersonal Communication as a Supplemental TextbookIndex
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Baker Publishing Group And Marries Another Divorce and Remarriage in the
Book SynopsisThis compassionate and carefully documented study builds a soundly scriptural view of divorce and remarriage--a view that reminds the church that all of its members are forgiven people.
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Baker Publishing Group Marriage That Works
Book SynopsisWhen it comes to marriage these days, anything goes. No wonder you can find a book on marriage from every perspective--or no perspective. How can you experience a great marriage that lasts? What works?This book answers that question by shining a light on the biblical design for marriage. In a world of sexual and relational confusion, isn''t it time to consult the One who created marriage? Author and pastor Chip Ingram, with his characteristic compassion, transparency, and engaging storytelling, discusses- what marriage really is- the biblical model- a man''s unique role in marriage- a woman''s unique role in marriage- the bigger picture of why God created marriageA marriage that works, says Ingram, is more wonderful than you thought possible and harder than you imagined--but worth the work. Couples will learn the power of making a covenant with their spouse and fulfilling their design in an atmosphere of respect, resulting in the spirit
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Baker Publishing Group Holding On When You Want to Let Go Clinging to
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Baker Publishing Group Living Reconciled
Book SynopsisWe all experience difficult relationships. Oftentimes we try to reconcile but the other person simply won''t, or else we find they can''t keep the commitments they made during reconciliation. How do we handle these tough relationships in a way that brings peace to our lives and glory to God?Through seven clear and actionable shifts drawn from Scripture, P. Brian Noble shows you how to change your thinking when it comes to tough relationships so that you see the challenging people in your life as God sees them. He then outlines practical and proven ways to reach reconciliation and keep the peace--even when the other person doesn''t hold up their end of the bargain.If you long to be reconciled and live at peace with the people in your family, workplace, church, and community, this book will give you the courage, compassion, and tools to do so.
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Baker Publishing Group I Still Do
Book SynopsisPastor and marriage expert identifies the defining moments that occur in the life-cycle of a post-newlywed marriage and shows couples how to make their marriage last a lifetime.
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Baker Publishing Group How to Thrive as a Pastors Wife
Book SynopsisEvery pastor''s wife is a faithful servant and leader in her own right. She has great influence on her church, her community, her family, and her husband, and she finds joy in seeing God move in the lives of others. Yet she also faces unique challenges that too often go unnoticed and unaddressed. At times, a pastor''s wife may feel she can''t talk about her struggles even with those who are closest to her, which can leave her feeling alone, depleted, and misunderstood. She may settle for this way of living, but that''s not God''s desire for her.Christine Hoover knows firsthand the unique struggles and opportunities afforded a pastor''s wife--she''s been filling that role for more than 20 years. Coming alongside as an understanding friend, she offers encouragement and guidance to the struggling pastor''s wife, showing her how to make meaningful personal relationships with God, her husband, her children, her church community, and other women--relationships that will sustain her
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Cornell University Press Catholics and Contraception
Book SynopsisAs Americans rethought sex in the twentieth century, the Catholic Church''s teachings on the divisive issue of contraception in marriage were in many ways central. In a fascinating history, Leslie Woodcock Tentler traces changing attitudes: from the late nineteenth century, when religious leaders of every variety were largely united in their opposition to contraception; to the 1920s, when distillations of Freud and the works of family planning reformers like Margaret Sanger began to reach a popular audience; to the Depression years, during which even conservative Protestant denominations quietly dropped prohibitions against marital birth control.Catholics and Contraception carefully examines the intimate dilemmas of pastoral counseling in matters of sexual conduct. Tentler makes it clear that uneasy negotiations were always necessary between clerical and lay authority. As the Catholic Church found itself isolated in its strictures against contraceptionand the object ofTrade ReviewCatholics and Contraception is a welcome exploration of the Catholic discourse on birth control over the century leading up to 1968. Tentler's work is thorough, nuanced, and engaging. Her argument about the centrality of birth control practices in lay lives and the significance of Humane Vitae in the church's history is so persuasive and well supported that her work stands as a definitive history of contraception and a major contribution to our understanding of the broader American Catholic history in the twentieth century. * Journal of Social History *Readers of this critical study of American Catholics' reception of their church's doctrinal position on contraception will be astounded at the scope and depth of the author's analysis.... The American context, especially in the decades from 1870 to 1930, presents a number of special cultural difficulties, such as a desire to embrace scientific discovery about the body, upholding the primacy of human liberty, and a semi-puritanical disdain for public discussion of sex—all of which led mainline Protestant Americans toward private contraceptive practice. Catholics often publicly broke with such mores, but gradually capitulated, especially after the 1960s. Tentler's study does yeoman work in explaining why. Highly recommended. * Choice *In Catholics and Contraception: An American History, Leslie Woodcock Tentler treats American Catholic culture across the 20th century.... Tentler says, lay people today are exercising individual moral authority without communal shaping influences.... In her view, even Catholics who disagree with the Church's teaching on contraception want pastoral leadership and a corporate identity as Catholic, not just American. 'Desires like these,' Tentler concludes, 'ought to form the substance of ongoing communal reflection' of conversations that involve every constituency in the church. How ironic, not to say tragic, that birth control gets in the way. -- Jenelle Williams Paris * Books and Culture, *Tentler shows the larger forces of cultural change and the development of mores which would impact views of sex and sexuality beyond simply the contraception question/issue. Her work brings together an incredible amount of research into the archives of dioceses and religious orders, especially those who preached the once popular parish missions which were a bulwark of support for the Church's position on birth control.... This book deserves to be read not only by historians, but by all theology students, clergy, bishops, and everyone who wishes to have a better understanding of how the constant Tradition of the Church develops in this critical area. -- James T. Bretzke S.J., University of San Francisco * Catholic Books Review *Tentler's account is thoroughly researched, well written, and makes good use of clergy interviews and Catholic archives and publications. * Journal of Religion *
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Stanford University Press Male Confessions
Book SynopsisMale Confessions demonstrates that men are able to talk about themselves intimately and shows how the religious imagination helps them to do so while critically examining the limits of such intimate male talk.Trade Review"This is an innovative work of religious studies. Krondorfer's examination of the dynamics of self-disclosure and self-creation in men's confessional writing through the lens of masculinity studies is a valuable contribution." -- Harry Brod * University of Northern Iowa *"This is a fascinating but theoretically dense book at the intersection of narrative, gender, and religious studies. It is a notable contribution to the growing literature on men's studies in religion and an important volume for collections that support large programs in theology and/or gender studies . . . Highly recommended." -- A. W. Klink * Choice *"A gendered reading of men's confessional works is most needed. Krondorfer provides a nuanced, critical, constructive, and compelling perspective on several culturally significant exemplars of the genre. This book makes an important contribution at the intersection of confessional literature, religious studies and the growing body of literature on the critical study of men and masculinities." -- Stephen B. Boyd * Wake Forest University *"In his most recent book on men and masculinity, Bjorn Krondorfer turns his attention to the literary form of the male confession. . . The unique style and organization of the book represents an interesting experiment, for the authorial voice dances between intensely personal 'revelations' and the familiarity (and safety) of academic prose. This tension is ultimately what makes the book both interesting and successful." -- Nathaniel Van Yperen * Reviews in Religion and Theology *"Krondorfer is one of the pioneers of the field of critical men's studies in religion. In this emerging field men are studied as gendered beings in relation to religion. With this book Krondorfer makes an innovative contribution to the field, and more broadly to the fields of masculinity studies, religious studies and literary studies, by providing a detailed critical gendered reading of men's confessional writing . . . It is a stylistically well-written and highly original book that offers meaningful readings of men's confessional writings and makes a sophisticated contribution to our understanding of the complicated moral and religious dimensions of men's lives." -- Adriaan van Klinken * Religion & Gender *"This intriguing work blends the fields of life writing, religious studies, and critical men's studies . . . Male Confessions is a creative and rewarding contribution to several academic fields . . . The whole of this book is greater than the sum of its parts, and I highly recommend it." -- John D. Barbour * Biography *
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University of Pennsylvania Press Gender and Christianity in Medieval Europe New
Book SynopsisGender and Christianity in Medieval Europe seeks to explain the convergence of religion and gender in medieval Christendom. Essays in the volume examine how Europeans identified themselves as women, men, and Christians, and how these identities influenced religious belief and practice in everyday life.Table of ContentsIntroduction. Convent ruins and Christian profession: toward a methodology for the history of religion and gender —Lisa M. Bitel 1 Tertullian, the angelic life, and the bride of Christ —Dyan Elliott 2 One flesh, two sexes, three genders? —Jacqueline Murray 3 Thomas Aquinas's chastity belt: clerical masculinity in medieval Europe —Ruth Mazo Karras 4 Women's monasteries and sacred space: the promotion of saints' cults and miracles —Jane Tibbetts Schulenburg 5 Priestly women, virginal men: litanies and their discontents —Felice Lifshitz Notes Bibliography List of contributors Index
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University of Pennsylvania Press The Bride of Christ Goes to Hell
Book SynopsisThe early Christian writer Tertullian first applied the epithet bride of Christ to the uppity virgins of Carthage as a means of enforcing female obedience. Henceforth, the virgin as Christ''s spouse was expected to manifest matronly modesty and due submission, hobbling virginity''s ancient capacity to destabilize gender roles. In the early Middle Ages, the focus on virginity and the attendant anxiety over its possible loss reinforced the emphasis on claustration in female religious communities, while also profoundly disparaging the nonvirginal members of a given community.With the rising importance of intentionality in determining a person''s spiritual profile in the high Middle Ages, the title of bride could be applied and appropriated to laywomen who were nonvirgins as well. Such instances of democratization coincided with the rise of bridal mysticism and a progressive somatization of female spirituality. These factors helped cultivate an increasingly literal and eroticized Trade Review"A dazzling book . . . As Elliott persuasively argues, the seeming elevation of the religious woman as a bride of Christ also raised the specter of her potential faithlessness: the bride was held to be permanently at risk of falling into the arms of the wrong lover, whether human or, worse, demonic. By the later Middle Ages, the bride of Christ was on a downward trajectory . . . As Elliott so convincingly shows, the virgin bride was a dangerous identification for women from the very outset: the virgin, seemingly elevated as Christ's bride, had nowhere to go but down." * Church History *"Elliott's work provides an excellent overview of both the metaphorical and literal bride of Christ who undoubtedly played a central role in the evolution of Christianity . . . Despite the dark overtones implicit in Elliott's brilliant title and argument, this book is a must read for those interested in religious or gender history of the Middle Ages." * Comitatus *"Elliott's historiographical account is an illuminating one. Her command of primary source material, and sensitivity to theories of corporeality, comingle in a compelling work of cultural history. Incorporating biblical commentaries, hagiographies, treatises, sermons, natural philosophy, chronicles, inquisitorial documents, and secular literature, Elliott weaves the particularities of heterogeneous historic moments and theological positions into a continuous narrative . . . Elliott shows convincingly that not all ideals, even religious ones, should be incarnated." * Anglican and Episcopal History *"This provocative, meticulously documented text analyzes a wide range of familiar and lesser-known medieval authors on an important topic . . . the journey is engaging and instructive."" * Catholic Historical Review *"This is a great book, with an overarching design, a bold and provocative argument, and a sweeping narrative, fashioned with a penetrating look and written in a reassuringly smart, witty voice." * Gábor Klaniczay, Central European University *Table of ContentsIntroduction Chapter 1. A Match Made in Heaven: The Bride in the Early Church Chapter 2. The Church Fathers and the Embodied Bride Chapter 3. The Barbarian Queen Chapter 4. An Age of Affect, 1050-1200 (1): Consensuality and Vocation Chapter 5. An Age of Affect, 1050-1200 (2): The Conjugal Reflex Chapter 6. The Eroticized Bride of Hagiography Chapter 7. Descent into Hell Conclusion List of Abbreviations Notes Bibliography Index Acknowledgments
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University of Pennsylvania Press Bigamy and Christian Identity in Late Medieval
Book SynopsisThis book investigates the earliest known prosecutions of bigamy. In fifteenth-century Champagne, ordinary Christians valued marriage enough to risk criminal prosecution for illegal remarriage. Meanwhile, Church officials regarded bigamy as a grave threat to Christian identity and subjected male bigamists to harsh punishment.Trade Review"This is an excellent book. McDougall makes a persuasive argument that understanding the prosecution of bigamy in fifteenth-century Troyes entails some fairly radical changes in how we see late medieval marriage and the place of Christianity in late medieval culture." * Shannon McSheffrey, Concordia University *Table of ContentsIntroduction Chapter 1. Marriage and Remarriage in the Later Middle Ages: Law, Theology, and Culture Chapter 2. Bigamous Husbands Chapter 3. Abandoned Wives Chapter 4. Why Commit Bigamy? Chapter 5. Why Prosecute Bigamy? Conclusion Appendix. Selected Transcriptions from a Register of the Officiality of Troyes Notes Bibliography Index Acknowledgments
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MP-CUA Catholic Uni of Amer The Path of Mercy
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MP-CUA Catholic Uni of Amer Justice and Mercy Have Met Pope Francis and the
Book SynopsisTrade Review“This volume, incorporating articles that had first appeared in The Jurist, offers an important contribution to understanding the theory and the praxis underlying Mitis Iudex Dominus Iesus and thereby assisting in its implementation.” —from the foreword by Robert J. Kaslyn, SJ
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Ohio University Press The Politics of Morality
Book SynopsisThe Politics of Morality is an anthropological study of the expansion of power of the religious right in postsocialist Poland and its effects on individual rights and social mores.Trade Review“One of the many strengths of Mishtal’s study is that she doesn’t just describe a top-down model of power—she also focuses on everyday women of different economic classes and how they negotiated the legal and cultural restrictions on abortion and contraceptives.… I have been raving about this book to anyone who will listen.” * Cosmopolitan Review *“One of Mishtal’s most important contributions is her analysis of the gendering of biopolitics in Poland and the ways the Catholic Church has undertaken a politics of morality based on individual surveillance and political intimidation. Methodologically sophisticated, innovative, and refreshingly free of jargon, this is an important work.”“This excellent, insightful ethnography contributes important analysis to studies on Poland’s most recent history as well as anthropology of reproduction and women’s studies. Since ‘Poland is emblematic of the pivotal role of gender in nation-making (197),’ it is also the must-read book for scholars and students interested in gender studies.” * Social Anthropology *“Refreshingly incisive … A compelling ethnographic account… Mishtal's book will interest scholars of feminist activism, political transitions, and political religion as well as anthropologists of Poland and of reproduction. Her very accessible prose makes this book suitable for a wide audience, including undergraduates.” * Anthropologica *“This is the book I have been waiting for. … Meticulously researched and beautifully written … The rich data, critical yet balanced analysis, and comprehensive historical and cultural background all create an invaluable insight into the female experience in twenty-first-century Poland.…This is by far the best book about women in Poland I have ever read.” * Journal of Contemporary Religion *“This well researched and important book, which succeeds not only as a case study of a particular Polish paradox and its localized effects, but also as a broader exposition of the contradictions of the democratization process. Crucially, the book also happens to come at a particularly pertinent moment in history, given Poland’s recent political upheavals, which threaten to limit further women’s rights and access to reproductive health services. Given its accessibility, the book would be of interest to specialist and non- specialist audiences.” * Journal of Contemporary Central and Eastern Europe *“Mishtal provides a very thorough account of a series of church and state attempts to curtail women’s reproductive rights … She does a great job in analyzing various discourses on a given subject…” * Journal of Church and State *“A powerful book on postsocialist Poland from a perspective of gender policies and women’s reproductive practices…. (Mishtal) presents a compelling analysis of what it means when religious institutions, in this case the Catholic Church in Poland, affect state policies and intrude on everyday life of believers and nonbelievers alike. The stakes for women are especially high.” * The Polish Review *“Mishtal’s book is a compelling and horrifying account of how Polish institutions intervened and gained command over women’s lives, and how women have been losing control over who will have access to their bodies and the circumstances that warrant that access. A must-read for all who are interested in one of the most contested aspects of transformational politics in Poland—reproductive rights.”
£21.59
Ohio University Press Convening Black Intimacy Christianity Gender and
Book SynopsisThis social history of twentieth-century Black intimacy and family life in South Africa is the first book to demonstrate the singular role of Christianity in reshaping sexual and marital traditions. It is a must-read for scholars interested in the politics of gender, sexuality, and family in South Africa, as well as for historians of Christianity.Trade ReviewRecommended. * Choice *“This is a provocative recasting of fundamental topics in southern African historiography: love, marriage, religion, gender. Natasha Erlank argues that the major force restructuring southern Africans‘ intimate lives was Christianity, not migrant labor. A masterful analysis of how religion shaped all aspects of Southern Africans’ public and private lives in the twentieth century.” -- Joel Cabrita, author of The People’s Zion: Southern Africa, the United States, and a Transatlantic Faith-Healing Movement“Filled with memorable characters and riveting narratives, this book admirably captures the tangle of Christianity, gender and tradition. With an astute eye, Natasha Erlank elucidates the fine-grained intricacies of love, courtship, marriage, and sexuality through deeply researched and richly detailed thematic case studies—an essential contribution to feminist histories of Christianity in Africa.” -- Isabel Hofmeyr, professor emerita, University of the Witwatersrand, and Global Distinguished Professor, New York University“Convening Black Intimacy skillfully situates Christian belief as pivotal to gender and sexual transformations in twentieth-century South Africa. By exploring both conservative and emancipatory strains of Christian thought and practice, Natasha Erlank powerfully reveals African intellectual debates and intimate relations as deeply intertwined domains. This is an important contribution to African intellectual history and gender history.” -- Lynn M. Thomas, author of Beneath the Surface: A Transnational History of Skin Lighteners and Politics of the Womb: Women, Reproduction, and the State in Kenya
£56.10
Ohio University Press Convening Black Intimacy Christianity Gender and
Book SynopsisThis social history of twentieth-century Black intimacy and family life in South Africa is the first book to demonstrate the singular role of Christianity in reshaping sexual and marital traditions. It is a must-read for scholars interested in the politics of gender, sexuality, and family in South Africa, as well as for historians of Christianity.Trade ReviewRecommended. * Choice *“This is a provocative recasting of fundamental topics in southern African historiography: love, marriage, religion, gender. Natasha Erlank argues that the major force restructuring southern Africans‘ intimate lives was Christianity, not migrant labor. A masterful analysis of how religion shaped all aspects of Southern Africans’ public and private lives in the twentieth century.” -- Joel Cabrita, author of The People’s Zion: Southern Africa, the United States, and a Transatlantic Faith-Healing Movement“Filled with memorable characters and riveting narratives, this book admirably captures the tangle of Christianity, gender and tradition. With an astute eye, Natasha Erlank elucidates the fine-grained intricacies of love, courtship, marriage, and sexuality through deeply researched and richly detailed thematic case studies—an essential contribution to feminist histories of Christianity in Africa.” -- Isabel Hofmeyr, professor emerita, University of the Witwatersrand, and Global Distinguished Professor, New York University“Convening Black Intimacy skillfully situates Christian belief as pivotal to gender and sexual transformations in twentieth-century South Africa. By exploring both conservative and emancipatory strains of Christian thought and practice, Natasha Erlank powerfully reveals African intellectual debates and intimate relations as deeply intertwined domains. This is an important contribution to African intellectual history and gender history.” -- Lynn M. Thomas, author of Beneath the Surface: A Transnational History of Skin Lighteners and Politics of the Womb: Women, Reproduction, and the State in Kenya
£25.19
Duke University Press Passionate and Pious Religious Media and Black
Book SynopsisMonique Moultrie explores the impact of faith-based sexual ministries on black women's sexual agency to trace how these women navigate sexuality, religious authority, and their spiritual walk with God.Trade Review(Starred Review) "A stunning and dynamic sociological read on womanist sexual ethics." -- Sandra Collins * Library Journal *"This engaging multidisciplinary thought-provoking text will be of interest to academics, educators and researchers. . . . It brings new critical insights/analyses to a topic often considered taboo in these fields." -- Uvanney Maylor * Ethnic and Racial Studies *"[Moultrie's] approach is bold, delving into the experiences of real women in an attempt to bring sexuality out of the shadows of church teachings, yet indicating that the parachurch ministries themselves have not gone far enough." -- Tola Olu Pearce * Journal of African American History *"Moultrie's Passionate and Pious … goes beyond filling a gap in the literature as her work provides an intimate portrayal of the messages transmitted in black Christian media and the way these messages are received." -- Apryl Williams * Journal of Religion, Media and Digital Culture *"Reaching beyond typical questions, like the morality of homosexuality, Passionate and Pious is a more robust exploration of Christian sexual ethics.… An excellent resource for theological graduate students looking for more insight into the sexual ethics of the Black church and Black women. It is also an excellent read for Black women and those of other backgrounds who grapple with the high price of purity culture and pleasing God through their sexual choices." -- Courtney Bryant * Journal of Religion *"Charts new ground…. Passionate and Pious is an important text for helping religious leaders, laypersons, and activists do the work of constructing viable alternatives. It is a valuable text to guide scholars, teachers, and students in examining the complex tensions between Black women's sexuality, moral codes, and religious beliefs and practices." -- Elise M. Edwards * International Journal of Africana Studies *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments ix Introduction. For All the Single Ladies: Black Women's Stories of Faith and Sexuality 1 1. Sexual Purity as PR: Tracing the Impact of Religious Media 21 2. Reading "Our" Bynum as Text: For a Black Woman by a Black Woman 29 3. Beyond Bynum: Analyzing Contemporary Faith-Based Sexuality Ministries 50 4. "Why I Gotta be Gay?": Approaches to Womanist Sexual Hospitality 81 5. "The Lord Still has Work for Me to Do": Analyzing Senior Sexuality and Faith-Based Sexuality Ministries 96 6. Horny and Holy: Saved Women Seeking Sexual Pleasure 116 Conclusion. Living Sexually Before God: A Contemporary Womanist Sexual Ethics 142 Notes 153 Bibliography 173 Index 183
£74.70
Duke University Press Passionate and Pious
Book SynopsisMonique Moultrie explores the impact of faith-based sexual ministries on black women's sexual agency to trace how these women navigate sexuality, religious authority, and their spiritual walk with God.Trade Review(Starred Review) "A stunning and dynamic sociological read on womanist sexual ethics." -- Sandra Collins * Library Journal *"This engaging multidisciplinary thought-provoking text will be of interest to academics, educators and researchers. . . . It brings new critical insights/analyses to a topic often considered taboo in these fields." -- Uvanney Maylor * Ethnic and Racial Studies *"[Moultrie's] approach is bold, delving into the experiences of real women in an attempt to bring sexuality out of the shadows of church teachings, yet indicating that the parachurch ministries themselves have not gone far enough." -- Tola Olu Pearce * Journal of African American History *"Moultrie's Passionate and Pious … goes beyond filling a gap in the literature as her work provides an intimate portrayal of the messages transmitted in black Christian media and the way these messages are received." -- Apryl Williams * Journal of Religion, Media and Digital Culture *"Reaching beyond typical questions, like the morality of homosexuality, Passionate and Pious is a more robust exploration of Christian sexual ethics.… An excellent resource for theological graduate students looking for more insight into the sexual ethics of the Black church and Black women. It is also an excellent read for Black women and those of other backgrounds who grapple with the high price of purity culture and pleasing God through their sexual choices." -- Courtney Bryant * Journal of Religion *"Charts new ground…. Passionate and Pious is an important text for helping religious leaders, laypersons, and activists do the work of constructing viable alternatives. It is a valuable text to guide scholars, teachers, and students in examining the complex tensions between Black women's sexuality, moral codes, and religious beliefs and practices." -- Elise M. Edwards * International Journal of Africana Studies *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments ix Introduction. For All the Single Ladies: Black Women's Stories of Faith and Sexuality 1 1. Sexual Purity as PR: Tracing the Impact of Religious Media 21 2. Reading "Our" Bynum as Text: For a Black Woman by a Black Woman 29 3. Beyond Bynum: Analyzing Contemporary Faith-Based Sexuality Ministries 50 4. "Why I Gotta be Gay?": Approaches to Womanist Sexual Hospitality 81 5. "The Lord Still has Work for Me to Do": Analyzing Senior Sexuality and Faith-Based Sexuality Ministries 96 6. Horny and Holy: Saved Women Seeking Sexual Pleasure 116 Conclusion. Living Sexually Before God: A Contemporary Womanist Sexual Ethics 142 Notes 153 Bibliography 173 Index 183
£19.99
ME - Fordham University Press The Seeds of Things
Book SynopsisTranslates one of the many ways in which Lucretius names the basic matter from which the world is made in De rerum natura. This book should be of concern to students of religion, and sexuality, especially as they impinge on questions of representation. It emphasizes the consequences for thinking about sexuality offered by Lucretian materialism.Trade Review"An impressive harvesting of a range of modern theories of materialism and ethical selfhood and an immensely fertile use of them for the original interpretation of culturally important texts." -- -Judith H. Anderson Indiana University "Goldberg's new book will be required reading for anyone writing about 'the material.' By thinking about materialism through Lucretius and his impact on early modern writers from Spenser to Hutchinson, Cavendish and Milton, in relation to Renaissance painting and to the Pauline tradition, Goldberg rethinks source study by working through important theoretical and philosophical problems while engaged in close reading. The Seeds of Things offers a cogent, learned and powerful non-essentialist theoretical argument about sexuality that eschews dominant paradigms that remain heavily invested in anachronistic notions of identity and it intervenes importantly in recent debates about the so-called 'post-human.' " -- -Karen Newman Brown University "Illuminates Cavendish's vitalism and the hinds of homoeroticism in Spenser (the Garden of Adonis) and in Milton (among the angels and between Adam and Raphael." -Renaissance Quarterly " ... philosophically, aesthetically, and conceptually challenging ..." -Studies in English Literature "The Seeds of Things excavates an excitingly radical strain of Lucretian materialism that wends its way through Renaissance painting and literature all the way to the work of Deleuze and Foucault. From the logic of atomic sameness and difference, the aleatory and the linear, Jonathan Goldberg derives a vision of complexly gendered bodies, their pleasures, and their ethics. In so doing he recasts works we thought we already knew. As unexpected as it is brilliant, this book is itself a surprising, Lucretian swerve in Goldberg's rich and distinguished career." -- -Richard Halpern Johns Hopkins University "This dazzling display of erudition advances studies of materialism... Highly recommended." -Choice "The Seeds of Things is an absorbing, beautiful, and vibratory book, which celebrates and enacts the vitality of the matter that we are. Goldberg picks up where Althusser left off, exposing a powerful underground current of an aleatory materialism in Euro-American culture, a 'secret other history of philosophy that belies its resolute idealism.' A multi-disciplinary tour de force." -- -Jane Bennett Johns Hopkins University
£27.90
Fordham University Press Seducing Augustine
Book SynopsisAugustine's Confessions is a text that seduces. But how often do its readers respond in kind? In this title, three scholars who share a longstanding fascination with sexuality and Christian discourse attempt to do just that.Trade Review"This book will work its charms on those on intimate terms with Augustine and those who (accidentally or deliberately) have kept their distance. The writing is beautiful, sharp, astute. The authorial trinity brings together some of the most accomplished voices in their respective disciplines in powerful counterpoint. " -- -Yvonne Sherwood University of Glasgow "Seducing Augustine is an intriguing, multidisciplinary reflection focused on a single passage in Augustine's Confessions ... Recommended." -Choice "A study of the Confessions that explores themes of secrecy and confession, eroticism, constraint and freedom, and time and eternity." -The Chronicle of Higher Education Has there yet been an interpretation of the Confessions so profoundly committed to delight? Augustine's delight in God, in the world, in language; the reader's delight in Augustine and his text; and perhaps - the daring inversion - God's own delight in our multifarious responses. Each of the three authors engages the Confessions from a different discipline, but each is moved by the humanity and fleshliness of Augustine and his work - and their emotion is made possible by their deep attention to the divine. Our own reading of the Confessions is expanded and enriched by this seductive volume. -- -Catherine Conybeare author of The Irrational Augustine, Bryn Mawr College "This short, elegantly written book is the collective effort of three of the most provocative and insightful students of the fretful logic of Christian asceticism, where flesh is alternately mortified and resurrected to uncertain effect. They are variously but all well equipped to read and struggle with Augustine, an ancient virtuoso of such fretful logic. Seducing Augustine is cross-disciplinary in appeal and will play well in philosophy, theology, ethics, and religious studies-especially when historical perspective is being given its due." -- -James Wetzel Villanova University "Augustine's legacy for sex in the West seems to have been deadly. And yet his texts, eminently the Confessions, are irresistibly seductive. Can he be seduced, so as to yield to and inspire desire? Seducing Augustine shows how he can indeed. Its triple authorship produces a plurality of performances that makes seduction about play itself rather than about accomplishing the deed. Can seduction substitute for sex? It can, if sex is about pleasure, the pleasure of the text, a pleasure in the seduction of words forming the body of the text, its flesh. The textual dynamics enacting ultimately the love of God are sexual in their seductive effects, producing pleasure in play that keeps desire alive with desiring what it longs for and cannot quite possess-except in the play itself that is realized textually. This desire is expressed in praise that excites passion for the divine other, the one addressed as "you." But to enjoy it, you must abandon all resistance and risk endless joy without reserve. The motivations of the whole tradition of Western literature, including the discourses of theology and philosophy, can hardly be grasped without taking into account the dynamics of desire deciphered in this book that seduces the saint. He is made to confess his seductiveness. It is a ravishing read!" -- -William Franke author of Poetry and Apocalypse: Theological Disclosures of Poetic Language "Both seduced by Augustine's text and seducing it in return, as they themselves confess, the authors offer a provocative and enticingly fresh guide through Augustine's Confessions. Compelling and compellingly varied, their readings highlight the excess, paradox, and performative quality that mark the complex eroticism of Augustine's great work. This volume is a deeply insightful set of studies, well-theorized and thoroughly interdisciplinary." -- -Patricia Cox Miller Syracuse University
£27.90
University of Hawai'i Press Women and Buddhist Philosophy
Book SynopsisWhy and how do women engage with Buddhism and philosophy? This book answers this by examining the life and philosophy of a Korean Zen Buddhist nun, Kim Iryop (1896-1971). This volume will be of primary interest to scholars and students of Buddhism, Buddhist and comparative philosophy, and gender and Korean studies.
£22.36
University of Hawai'i Press Tales of Idolized Boys
Book SynopsisStories of acolytes (chigo monogatari) from the fourteenth to sixteenth centuries form the basis of this book, an original and detailed literary analysis of six tales coupled with a thorough examination of the sociopolitical, religious, and cultural matrices that produced these texts.
£22.36
SPCK - Kregel What Do I Say to a Friend Whos Gay
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£9.92
Kregel Publications,U.S. Married Mom Solo Parent Finding Gods Strength to
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£10.99
SPCK - Kregel Were You Raised by Wolves And Seven Other
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£11.17
SPCK - Kregel No Sex in the City One Virgins Confessions of
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SPCK - Kregel A DadSized Challenge Building a LifeChanging
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