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Beyond nice : the spiritual wisdom of adolescent girls / Patricia H. Davis.
Van Pelt Library BV4551.2 .D38 2001
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Davis, Patricia H., 1953-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Teenage girls--Religious life--United States.
- Teenage girls.
- Spiritual life--Christianity.
- Spiritual life.
- Teenage girls--Religious life.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 131 pages ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Minneapolis, MN : Fortress Press, [2001]
- Summary:
- In this sensitive and discerning book, based on more than 100 in-depth interviews with girls from a variety of religious, ethnic and regional backgrounds, Davis shows how religion actually functions both to help and to hurt in girlsU search for authenticity. As she characterizes girlsU ideas about God, spirituality, sexuality and bodies, and violence, DavisUs interviews convey how spirituality concerns girlsU surmounting hurdles to ground and affirm what they become.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 123-127) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0800632567
- OCLC:
- 44268122
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