{"product_id":"resist-and-persist-faith-and-the-fight-for-equality-9780664263904","title":"Resist and Persist: Faith and the Fight for Equality","description":"\u003cp\u003eOver the past few decades, the roles women play in public life have evolved significantly, as have the pressures that come with needing to do it all, have it all, and be all things to all people. And with this progress, misogyny has evolved as well. Today's discrimination is more subtle and indirect, expressed in double standards, microaggressions, and impossible expectations. In other ways, sexism has gotten more brash and repulsive as women have gained power and voice in the mainstream culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePatriarchy is still sanctioned by every institution: capitalism, government, and even  \"maybe especially  \"the church itself. This is perhaps the ultimate irony  \"that a religion based on the radical justice and liberation of Jesus' teachings has been the most complicit part of the narrative against women's equality. If we are going to dial back the harmful rhetoric against women and their bodies, the community of faith is going to have to be a big part of the solution.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eErin Wathen navigates the complex layers of what it means to be a woman in our time and place  \"from the language we use to the clothes that we wear to the unseen and unspoken assumptions that challenge our full personhood at every turn. \u003cem\u003eResist and Persist\u003c\/em\u003e reframes the challenges to women's equality in light of our current culture and political climate, providing a new language of resistance that can free women and men from the pernicious power of patriarchy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Westminster John Knox Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/10\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780664263904\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 184\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.48lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.51w x 0.39d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/12\/2018\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Erin Wathen","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36639757697180,"sku":"9780664263904","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_5b685504-c12c-4b4e-8951-60e4d2f5d5ae.jpg?v=1603850530","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/resist-and-persist-faith-and-the-fight-for-equality-9780664263904","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}