Table of Contents

Preface
Part I Evangelical Ideals -
Evangelical Family Values in Social Discourse
A History of Mutuality and Gender Hierarchy
Twentieth-Century Evangelical Ideals
Part II Symbolic Traditionalism and Pragmatic Egalitarianism Faith and Family -
Spiritual Leadership and Decision Making
Dividing the Labor of Parenting and Housework
Employment and the Needs of Children
Part III Understanding Evangelical Identity, Gender, and Family -
What Would Be Lost If Evangelicals Abandoned the Notion of Husbands' Headship?
History, Community, and Identity: Tools and Truths in the Evangelical Tool Kit
Appendix A: Research Methods
Appendix B: Tables
Appendix C: Excursus into Exegesis: Essentialist and Biblical Feminist Interpretations of Key Biblical Texts
Notes
Bibliography
Index

About the Author

Sally Gallagher is an associate professor of sociology at Oregon State University and the recipient of a Fulbright Fellowship for fieldwork on families in Damascus, Syria.

Reviews

Gallagher has taken advantage of extensive data and interviews with American evangelicals to examine their views and practice in family life. . . . She looks not only at what evangelicals say but also what they do. . . . This excellent book is highly recommended.
*Library Journal*

"Sally Gallagher does a subtle and convincing job of understanding the æcultural tool kitÆ that evangelical Protestants use when understanding and interpreting gender and family. This book should enrich, and lend considerable nuance to future debates about the dynamics of religion and family values."
*editor, Promise Keepers and the New Masculinity*

"Bravo! This book represents the next generation of scholarship on evangelicals. GallagherÆs volume significantly broadens the line of inquiry from evangelical womenÆs gender identity negotiation to a more holistic, multidimensional rendering of conservative Protestant gender and family relations. Gallagher moves gracefully between the broad sweep of historical analysis and the personal reflections of evangelical men and women today."
*author of Remaking the Godly Marriage*

One of the best interpretations of American evangelicalism and gender and family. Gallagher deftly interprets the data. An insightful must-read on this fascinating topic.
*author of Christian America? What Evangelicals Really Want*