The language of battered women: a rhetorical analysis of personal theologies

Cover......Page 1
The Language of Battered Women......Page 2
CONTENTS......Page 10
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS......Page 12
INTRODUCTION: “I Stand All Amazed”......Page 14
1. “I’ll Be Scared for Everyone in the World”: THE PERVASIVENESS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE......Page 28
2. “Here We Women Support One Another”: THE WOMEN’S HOUSE AS SHELTER AND SOCIAL ORDER......Page 40
3. “Sometimes I Just Want to Give Up”: WOMEN’S ANGUISH, WOMEN’S PAIN......Page 66
4. “I Sit in the Lord’s Way”: THEOLOGICAL CONCEPTS OF SUFFERING......Page 92
5. “In a Spiritual Way, God Brings Justice”: BATTERED WOMEN AND THE PROBLEM OF EVIL......Page 114
6. “In the Bible, It Can Be So Harsh!”: SHELTER WOMEN TALK ABOUT RELIGION......Page 134
7. “Waiting on God Can Be a Hard Thing”: SUFFERING AND THE PHASES OF HEALING......Page 158
8. “The Prayer of the Righteous Prevaileth Much”: LANGUAGE CHANGE AND HEALING......Page 178
9. “If God Were a Woman, It Would Be Wonderful!”: LOCAL THEOLOGY AND SOCIAL CHANGE......Page 198
CONCLUSION: “Take Me to My Sister’s House”......Page 230
INTRODUCTION......Page 246
CHAPTER 1......Page 247
CHAPTER 2......Page 249
CHAPTER 3......Page 251
CHAPTER 4......Page 254
CHAPTER 6......Page 258
CHAPTER 7......Page 259
CHAPTER 8......Page 260
CHAPTER 9......Page 262
CONCLUSION......Page 263
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY......Page 266
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