Dating Jesus

A Story of Fundamentalism, Feminism, and the American Girl

Author: Susan Campbell
ISBN: 9780807010662

Growing up fundamentalist and female-and maturing into a feministBy the age of twelve, Susan Campbell had been flirting with Jesus for some time, and in her mind, Jesus had been flirting back. Why wouldn't he? She went to his house three times a week, sat in his living room, listened to his stories, loudly and lustily sang songs to him. So, one Sunday morning, she walked to the front of her fundamentalist Christian church to profess her love for Jesus and be baptized. But from the moment her robe floated to the surface of the baptistry water, she began to question her fundamentalist faith. If baptism requires complete immersion underwater, what does it mean, if a piece of fabric attached to a would-be Christian floats to the top? Does the baptism still count? In Dating Jesus, Campbell takes us into the world of fundamentalism-a world where details really, really matter-while wrestling with questions that would thwart any young woman intent on adhering to a literalist religion. If danc

Publisher: Beacon Press
Publish Date: 2009-01-01

Subjects: Biography & Autobiography / Religious, Biography & Autobiography / Personal Memoirs, Social Science / Feminism & Feminist Theory

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