{"product_id":"women-in-the-presence-constructing-community-and-seeking-spirituality-in-mainline-protestantism-9780812215144","title":"Women in the Presence: Constructing Community and Seeking Spirituality in Mainline Protestantism","description":"\u003ci\u003eWomen in the Presence\u003c\/i\u003e is a study of the religious lives of middle-class laywomen. Focusing on the ways in which the members of one Bible study group for women at a suburban Presbyterian church articulate their beliefs and define their communicative boundaries, the book reveals a style of managing privacy, diversity, and fellowship that displays distinct strengths and poignant prohibitions. Based on eighteen months of participant-observation fieldwork, complemented by extensive individual interviews, Jody Shapiro Davie shows that often the deepest beliefs of group members are voiced only indirectly and that crucial elements of their personal beliefs are not discussed at all among the group. \u003ci\u003eWomen in the Presence\u003c\/i\u003e makes apparent some of the difficulties and complexities of contemporary middle-class religious life in America: the fear of self-revelation that leads to spiritual isolation; denominational efforts not to alienate anyone that result in polite, superficial, and lifeless churches; and the conventions of middle-class culture that repress the individual's desire for sincere and active engagement with the life of the soul. Approaching a middle-class American church through an anthropologist-folklorist's eyes, \u003ci\u003eWomen in the Presence\u003c\/i\u003e offers a fresh perspective on the pursuit of spirituality by mainstream Protestant women. Unique in its field, this book will be of interest to the general reader and to scholars concerned with congregational studies, women and religion, vernacular religion and belief, and the anthropology of contemporary American religious life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jody Shapiro Davie\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Pennsylvania Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/01\/1995\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 184\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.48lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.03h x 6.06w x 0.43d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780812215144\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJody Shapiro Davie is Adjunct Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Drew University and was Visiting Research Fellow at the Center for the Study of American Religion at Princeton University.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Pennsylvania Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":41111281303667,"sku":"9.78081E+12","price":49.45,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_cb0c5ded-62ad-4fe0-8770-82e159d75a17.jpg?v=1700572786","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/women-in-the-presence-constructing-community-and-seeking-spirituality-in-mainline-protestantism-9780812215144","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}