Remaking the Godly Marriage: Gender Negotiation in Evangelical Families (Library Binding)

by John P. Bartkowski (Author) "In recent decades, social researchers of various stripes have investigated the contours of the contemporary baffle over the family..." (more)
Key Phrases: male family leadership, evangelical wives, moderate essentialists, Fred Littauer, Pastor Al, Van Leeuwen (more...)

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This work studies evangelical Protestants, their views on marriage and gender relations, and how they are lived within individual families. It compares elite evangelical prescriptions for godly family living with the day-to-day practises of conservative Protestant households.

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John P. Bartkowski investigates the debates over gender and the family as they are manifested within contemporary evangelicalism. The author asks: Have debates over relations between husband and wife been altered by the emergence of new evangelical movements such as the Promise Keepers? And given the fact that leading evangelicals advance competing visions of godly family life, how do conservative religious spouses make sense of their own family relationships and gender identities?

Through in-depth interviews with evangelical married couples, Bartkowski reveals how these men and women jointly negotiate gender roles within their families and selectively appropriate values of the larger culture even as they attempt to cope with the conflicting messages of their own faith. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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Product Details

• Library Binding: 205 pages
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press (August 15, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0813529182
• ISBN-13: 978-0813529189
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.4 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #6,004,852 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fascinating book! Bartkowski covers the subject in a thorough & interesting manner., January 17, 2008

By	Merry Mary (Atlanta, GA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Remaking the Godly Marriage: Gender Negotiation in Evangelical Families (Paperback)

Evangelical families are committed to the authority of the Bible. As such, there are two dominant marriage models, both of which are based on the book of Ephesians. These are the wife submissive model and the mutual submission model.

The author does an excellent job of first examining the historical writings on the subject. Then, he presents the leading writers on the scene today. Dobson, LaHaye, Dillow, etc. on the wife submissive model and Littauer, Smalley, Bilezikian, Groothuis, etc. for the mutual submission model.

Following this, he examines Parkview Evangelical Church in Texas, which is a representative large church that emphasizes family ministry, to see what they are teaching, both from the pulpit and in small groups, about which model to follow. Finally, he interviews 4 couples in the congregation to see how gender responsibilites are negotiated in their specific situations.

I found the book extremely well written with enough detail that I was eager to get to the next chapter, but not so many minor points that I became bored with any particular situation. If you enjoy seeing how well the actions of families match their stated beliefs, then you will be delighted by this book. I highly recommend Remaking The Godly Marriage.