Gina's review
The Dance of the Dissident Daughter
by Sue Monk Kidd
Gina's review
The Dance of the Dissident Daughter by Sue Monk Kidd
Gina's review
rating:
bookshelves:
biography-memoriors,
feminist-literature,
religion-spirituality
recommended for: Any woman, especially young women
While I hadn't given the male slant in Christianity much thought of late, (I stopped attending a traditional protestant church in my early 20's & was now attending a liberal church), reading this book reminded me why I couldn't have been born in an earlier time.
It reminded me of the stifling, oppressing man from a former relationship. Had I read this book then, I may have had the courage to end the relationship sooner.
Looking to a feminine higher power isn't a negation of a male god, it just brings balance to the religious equation that has been missing for a couple of thousand years. The idea the women can serve their church by providing a casserole for the covered lunch, be expected to do most of the menial day-today- work of the church & then come Sunday, worship the "God of our Fathers" is just demeaning. Women were leaders in the early Christian churches, but were pushed down to subordinate positions as soon as the Christian religion became the officia...more
It reminded me of the stifling, oppressing man from a former relationship. Had I read this book then, I may have had the courage to end the relationship sooner.
Looking to a feminine higher power isn't a negation of a male god, it just brings balance to the religious equation that has been missing for a couple of thousand years. The idea the women can serve their church by providing a casserole for the covered lunch, be expected to do most of the menial day-today- work of the church & then come Sunday, worship the "God of our Fathers" is just demeaning. Women were leaders in the early Christian churches, but were pushed down to subordinate positions as soon as the Christian religion became the officia...more
