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The Dance of the Dissident Daughter
The Dance of the Dissident Daughter | Sue Monk Kidd
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The acclaimed spiritual memoir from the author of The Secret Life of Bees I was amazed to find that I had no idea how to unfold my spiritual life in a feminine way. I was surprised and, in fact, a little terrified when I found myself in the middle of a feminist spiritual reawakening. Sue Monk was a "conventionally religious, churchgoing woman, a traditional wife and mother" with a thriving career as a Christian writer until she began to question her role as a woman in her culture, her family, and her church. From a jarring encounter with sexism in a suburban drugstore to monastery retreats and rituals in the caves of Crete, Kidd takes readers through the fear, anger, healing, and transformation of her awakening. Retaining a meaningful connection "with the deep song of Christianity," she opens the door for traditional Christian women to discover a spirituality that speaks directly to them and provides inspiring wisdom for all who struggle to embrace their full humanity.
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Susanita
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“The #truth May set you free, but first it will shatter the safe, sweet way you live.” #InQuotes

Eggs True👏🏻👏🏻 2y
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k8makesart
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" . . . Our culture, even the culture of our faith, has helped anesthetize the feminine spirit."

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k8makesart
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"This woman will become pregnant with herself, with the symbolic female-child who will, if given the chance, grow up to reinvent the woman's life."

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Susanita
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This has many interesting points, but at times it gets a little woo woo, and I also think it‘s a bit too long. At the same time, I wish she‘d talked more about the shift in her writing career. Also, her journey features travel to Greece, multiple women‘s retreats, and an extended stay in San Francisco where she hardly left her lodgings. What?!?

Nevertheless, there are some useful ideas, and she writes well.

Susanita Meanwhile my husband has been ranting at me about the “stolen” election. 😬 On the way home from returning this book to the library, I stopped at Starbucks for my “daily” coffee to celebrate. 4y
Leftcoastzen 👏☕️💙 4y
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Susanita
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Thanks for the tag @Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick and @EadieB !

1. My husband?
2. Ice skating ⛸
3. I‘d like to play the piano on “The Dance” with Garth Brooks. Heck I‘d just like to play the piano!
4. Waitress at JC Penney coffee shop.
One of my book clubs put out the list for the next year (August to May), so I‘ve been adjusting my Goodreads tags and putting library holds on the popular titles.
#wondrouswednesday

Eggs Thanks for playing 👏🏻🤗👍🏼 4y
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JuniperWilde I absolutely love this book. Almost every page is underlined - SMK continues to receive threats because of this seemingly innocuous but powerful exploration. 3w
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pirategirljack
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I have loved every line of this book.

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pirategirljack
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Ive been picking through this book a few pages at a time for over a year and almost every line rings like a bell.

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AmyAgentBor
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Power is the ability to take one‘s place in whatever discourse is essential to action and the right to have one‘s part matter.

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AmyAgentBor
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Anger can fuel our ability to challenge, to defy injustice. It can lead to creative projects, constructive behavior, acts that work toward inclusion. In such ways anger becomes a dynamism of love.

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JamieArc
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When you learn about works in progress from authors you love 🎉🎉🎉

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When reading this passage, I had to stop and think about the way I was raised and how I was taught this by the church and how it affected me. #thoughtprovoking #aprilbookshowers

Bookwitchery This is DEFINITELY going on my TBR list! It's funny when you come across something that is so on point it takes your breath away. I was scared top death my Freshman year in college when I took a religion class that focused on feminist theology. It's like I was waiting to get struck by lightning. (In my defense I attended a church while growing up where church officials tried to cast devils out of me during a revival. It didn't work.) 8y
andrew61 I've only read The secret life of bees, which i recall enjoying so i will add this to the stack. Thanks. 8y
booksandsympathy @Bookwitchery I am sorry. Obviously, you know you don't have devils in you to be cast out in the first place. Sometimes the brain washing that goes on in the church hurts people and it makes me angry. I was told by my youth pastor that I should marry a pastor or youth pastor because I need to be kept in line. I was a very active member of the church & school & its dance ministry and all I did was read or dance. Not exactly rebellious. 8y
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LauraBytheBook
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My Sunday morning reading. I never mark in my books but this is different. I have a feeling this is going to lead to a lot of titles being added to my tbr.

saresmoore I like this term, theAlogian. 8y
LauraBytheBook Ooo, good catch! I didn't notice this at first. 8y
ReadingEnvy I underlined this entire book, just about, when I first read it, 8y
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jamicuns
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I started this book a few months ago and I am taking my sweet time reading it. This book is paradigm shifting and i don't want to miss any of the beautiful truths. I read and then sit in my thoughts. I come back to it when I have time, knowing I will need to sit, again, in my thoughts.

RaimeyGallant Sounds lovely. And welcome to Litsy! #LitsyWelcomeWagon Some of us put together Litsy tips to help new Littens navigate the site. It's the link in my bio on my page in case you need it. Or if you prefer how-to videos, @chelleo put some together at the link in her bio. @LitsyWelcomeWagon 6y
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