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Astronomy Fiction Colorado History 19th century Fiction Mormons Mormons Fiction Sex role Biblical teaching Sex role Religious aspects Sex role Religious aspects Christianity Sex role Religious aspects Christianity History of doctrines Women Biblical teaching Women Religious aspects Christianity History of doctrinesBonner, Chantel
Summary: "A rhyming, read-aloud book with warm illustrations conveys a comforting, faith-filled message from a Black father and mother to their children who see visual representations of their faith, but question what it means when they don't see their skin color, their physical features, or their gender portrayed. "What about the angels, will they stop and stare, when they see that I may not have their...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ensign Peak 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE BONBarr, Beth Allison
Summary: Biblical womanhood--the belief that God designed women to be submissive wives, virtuous mothers, and joyful homemakers--pervades North American Christianity. From choices about careers to roles in local churches to relationship dynamics, this belief shapes the everyday lives of evangelical women. Yet biblical womanhood isn't biblical, says Baylor University historian Beth Allison Barr. It arose...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Brazos Press, a division of Baker Publishing Group 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 220.8 BAREves, Rosalyn
Summary: Elizabeth Bertelsen dreams of becoming an astronomer, but for her such dreams are as unreachable as the stars she so deeply adores. As a Mormon girl, her duty is to her family and, in a not too far away future, to the man who will choose to marry her. When she unexpectedly finds herself in Colorado, she is tempted by the total eclipse of the sun that is about to happen-- and maybe even meeting...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2021
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC EVEEvans, Rachel Held
Summary: The author spends a year exploring traditional Biblical roles for women, including such activities as interviewing a polygamist's wife, visiting an Amish school, abstaining from gossip, and corresponding with an Orthodox Jewish woman.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thomas Nelson 2012
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Summary: "The world's discrimination and violence against women and girls is the most serious, pervasive, and ignored violation of basic human rights: This is President Jimmy Carter's call to action. President Carter was encouraged to write this book by a wide coalition of leaders of all faiths. His urgent report covers a system of discrimination that extends to every nation. Women are deprived of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2014
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 323.3 CARWeber, Stu.
Summary: Leader. Protector. Friend. Lover. God intends men to be each of these, and much more. Stu Weber 's best seller paints a dramatic and compelling picture of balanced manhood according to God's vision. Written in a warm, personal style, Weber presents the characteristics of tender warriors, including learning to speak the language of women, watching out for what lies ahead, and keeping...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: christianaudio.com 2006
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Grant, Libbie
Summary: In 1827, in rural Pennsylvania, Emma Hale marries an itinerant treasure-digger who claims he can speak directly to God. In a few short years, Joseph Smith will found his own religion, gain tens of thousands of zealous followers and fracture Emma's life and faith.
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2022