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Title: The Dance of the Dissident Daughter by Sue Monk Kidd ISBN: 0-06-064589-X Publisher: HarperCollins Pub. Date: 1996 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.56 (36 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Her story.....
Comment: In THE DANCE OF THE DISSIDENT DAUGHTER, Sue Monk Kidd tells of her journey from mainstream Christian to devotee of the Sacred Feminine. You may recognize Kidd's name. She is now writing fiction. She was forced to give up many things during the six years covered in her book including a successful career as an Christian inspirational writer, but she also discovered there really is life beyond the one you lead. I won't tell you how things turned out with her Southern Baptist husband - she says that's 'his story'.
Kidd certainly is a knowledgeable person who seems to have read many of the key books associated with the Sacred Feminine. One other reviewer described her as 'almost Wicca' but I don't think that is not quite accurate, and I don't know that Kidd would agree. I can imagine some members of Wicca would disagree with that interpretation. (See DRAWING DOWN THE MOON and THE SPIRAL DANCE for an overview thinking on Wicca.) If Kidd is a member of Wicca, she hadn't come out of the broom closet as of the writing of this book.
Many of us who grew up in the Christian tradition have found the going tough as we became older. Some people can remember where they were the day JFK was killed in Dallas. I can too, but I can also remember exactly where I was when the pope issued 'Humanae Vitae' (sp). That encyclical upheld traditional RC thinking on birth control. As one who had been pregnant six times in four years using the "approved" church method of "rhythm" (we had a lot of rhythm and no control as the saying goes) that encyclical was the last straw. Many of us have a moment of crises when we make a decision to stay with the religion of our birth or go on to another path. I chose the latter.
Reading Kidd's book I had a sense of recognition. I found myself laughing a crying along with Kidd. She found a new path, a better path for her. I hope when she is in her sixties (which I am) she will revisit the topic. I'd like to know where else she's been.
Rating: 5
Summary: What happens when a traditional Baptist discovers Wicca?
Comment: Well, not exactly Wicca, but here's this woman who has been a writer of Christian literature, wife of a Baptist preacher, a fundamentalist - and she undertakes a spiritual journey that is bound to rock the cradle, not to mention the family.
Sue Monk Kidd's memoir of her discovery of her feminine soul, her pilgrimage from her Southern Baptist roots to a new place of Self Awakening is one that will strike a chord with many modern women.
Rating: 5
Summary: thank you, Sue, for this book
Comment: I am one of those seekers who joined a mainstream (Protestant) church with a Catholic background in my family history. I have spent years exploring both Catholic and Protestant faiths, trying to figure out which path will help me reach the religious life I desire but have been missing. Neither practice has worked for me, despite my intense efforts and study -- and good intentions and faith.
This book helped me pinpoint what was bothering me (and hurting) for ages, but like many women expressed here, could not quite figure out. Both Protestant and Catholic traditions left me feeling like something was missing, and that something was WRONG with ME. It has been so painful.
Thank you, Sue Monk Kidd, for helping me discover why I've felt like I was on the other side of a huge wall, trying to reach God and not finding Her/Him. I will look forward to your next book on this topic.
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Title: When the Heart Waits : Spiritual Direction for Life's Sacred Questions by Sue Monk Kidd ISBN: 0060645873 Publisher: Harper SanFrancisco Pub. Date: 11 September, 1992 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: God's Joyful Surprise: Finding Yourself Loved by Sue Monk Kidd ISBN: 0060645814 Publisher: Harper SanFrancisco Pub. Date: 28 February, 1989 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd ISBN: 0142001740 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: 28 January, 2003 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: Goddesses in Older Women: Archetypes in Women Over Fifty by Jean Shinoda Bolen ISBN: 0060929235 Publisher: Quill Pub. Date: 16 April, 2002 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: At the Root of This Longing : Reconciling a Spiritual Hunger and a Feminist Thirst by Carol L. Flinders ISBN: 006251315X Publisher: Harper SanFrancisco Pub. Date: 01 June, 1999 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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