Jesus Girls
True Tales of Growing Up Female and Evangelical
By Hannah Faith Notess (Editor)
(Cascade Books, Paperback, 9781606085417, 224pp.)
Publication Date: September 2009
Categories: Christianity - History - General
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Description
Evangelicals are supposed to be experts at telling their story. From an
early age you are expected to have a testimony, a story of how God
saved you from a life of sin and sadness and gave you a new life of joy
and gladness. What happens if you don't have such a testimony? What if
your story just doesn't fit the before-and-after mold? What are you
supposed to do if your voice is not one usually heard?
In these offbeat, witty, and often bittersweet essays, up-and-coming writers tell the truth about growing up female and evangelical. Whether they stayed in the church or not, evangelicalism has shaped their spiritual lives.
Eschewing evangelical cliches, idyllic depictions of Christian upbringing, and pat formulas of sinner-to-saint transformation, these writers reflect frankly on childhoods filled with flannel board Jesuses, Christian rap music, and Bible memorization competitions. Along the way they find insight in the strangest places--the community swimming pool, Casey Kasem's American Top 40, and an Indian mosque.
Together this collection of essays provides a vivid and diverse portrait of life in the evangelical church.
Contributors:
Jessica Belt, Paula Carter, Kirsten Cruzen, Anne Dayton, Kimberly B. George, Carla-Elaine Johnson, Megan Kirschner, Anastasia McAteer, Melanie Springer Mock, Audrey Molina, Victoria Moon, Shauna Niequist, Hannah Faith Notess, Andrea Palpant Dilley, Angie Romines, Andrea Saylor, Nicole Sheets, Shari MacDonald Strong, Stephanie Tombari, Heather Baker Utley, Jessie van Eerden, and Sara Zarr
About the editor:
Hannah Faith Notess edits the creative writing section of The Other Journal, an online literary and theology journal. She earned an MFA in creative writing from Indiana University and was the 2008-2009 Milton Center Fellow at Seattle Pacific University. Her writing has appeared in The Christian Century, Crab Orchard Review, and Slate, among other journals. She lives in Seattle and is learning how to make espresso.
In these offbeat, witty, and often bittersweet essays, up-and-coming writers tell the truth about growing up female and evangelical. Whether they stayed in the church or not, evangelicalism has shaped their spiritual lives.
Eschewing evangelical cliches, idyllic depictions of Christian upbringing, and pat formulas of sinner-to-saint transformation, these writers reflect frankly on childhoods filled with flannel board Jesuses, Christian rap music, and Bible memorization competitions. Along the way they find insight in the strangest places--the community swimming pool, Casey Kasem's American Top 40, and an Indian mosque.
Together this collection of essays provides a vivid and diverse portrait of life in the evangelical church.
Contributors:
Jessica Belt, Paula Carter, Kirsten Cruzen, Anne Dayton, Kimberly B. George, Carla-Elaine Johnson, Megan Kirschner, Anastasia McAteer, Melanie Springer Mock, Audrey Molina, Victoria Moon, Shauna Niequist, Hannah Faith Notess, Andrea Palpant Dilley, Angie Romines, Andrea Saylor, Nicole Sheets, Shari MacDonald Strong, Stephanie Tombari, Heather Baker Utley, Jessie van Eerden, and Sara Zarr
About the editor:
Hannah Faith Notess edits the creative writing section of The Other Journal, an online literary and theology journal. She earned an MFA in creative writing from Indiana University and was the 2008-2009 Milton Center Fellow at Seattle Pacific University. Her writing has appeared in The Christian Century, Crab Orchard Review, and Slate, among other journals. She lives in Seattle and is learning how to make espresso.
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