Ruby Slippers, Jonalyn Grace Fincher
Ruby Slippers, Jonalyn Grace Fincher
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Ruby Slippers
How the Soul of a Woman Brings Her Home

Author: Jonalyn Grace Fincher

Narrator: Jonalyn Grace Fincher, Jonalyn Fincher

Unabridged: 7 hr 13 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Zondervan

Published: 12/02/2008

Synopsis

Jonalyn Fincher wants to show that women can be both fully human and fully feminine. Traditionally, femininity has been a role women play, a role defined by culture and simplistic sermons. The author encourages women to look at the feminine roles or boxes that pinch their souls: mother, fashion devotee, working wife, intellectual. Does God treat femininity as a role, a curse, or a gift? And when Jesus redeemed women, what was it exactly that he redeemed? Even after Eden, Fincher points out, God planned to redeem both men and women. But for centuries, women have been taught to devalue the very aspects of their souls that are unique and irreplaceable. Femininity itself runs deeper than aprons, frills, or romance. It begins with feminine souls who are living cameos of the triune God.In Ruby Slippers, Fincher takes a fresh, direct look at the challenges she faced on her search for the feminine soul. She goes step by step through what it means to be a woman and how to cultivate her soul, choosing not to shy away from psychology, theology or personal transparency. In her journey she discovers an understanding of femininity that is timeless and groundbreaking. The roles melt away into something like Dorothy’s ruby slippers, something women have always had—the souls to walk today with freedom and femininity.

About Jonalyn Grace Fincher

Jonalyn Grace Fincher offers a distinctive voice as a female apologist. Holding a master's degree in philosophy of religion and ethics from Talbot School of Theology, as well as double bachelor's degrees in English and history from the University of Virginia, she is one half of Soulation (www.soulation.org), a husband/wife apologetics team. For the last three years Jonalyn has been lecturing, speaking and writing on how women are distinctly and fully made in God’s image. Her work has appeared in Radiant, Fullfill and UnChristian: What a New Generation Really Thinks about Christianity. She regularly updates her blog (www.jonalynfincher.com) sharing her insights about womanhood and the soul. Jonalyn and Dale love to take walks with their three Welsh Corgis in their new hometown of Steamboat Springs, Colorado.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Brenda on June 28, 2012

I still haven't figured out what I believe about gender roles, but this book on Christian womanhood comes closer to the target than anything I've read yet. Jonalyn Fincher makes a case that femininity is embedded in women's very souls. Through scientific, philosophical, and theological research, she......more

Goodreads review by Lexie on June 22, 2007

I think this is the best book I've read so far on femininity from a Christian perspective-- and I've read a lot of books on gender!! I don't agree with everything she says, but it sparked some great conversations/questions/thought/further research. She's tackling an emotionally charged question-- wh......more

Goodreads review by Kelly on October 01, 2007

so far so good. I love her take on feminine qualities... although I might be a bit too liberal to buy into all her stuff. My women's study is reading it.......more

Goodreads review by Bethany on April 24, 2009

This book is a healing book. It doesn't illuminate the differences of men and women like Mars & Venus; it doesn't bash men or women, but redefines how women are created in the image of God. One of my favorite points: "I often thought of Woman's beginnings as more evidence that Woman wasn't important......more

Goodreads review by Anna on July 15, 2013

Jonalyn explores how society and the church have shaped our understanding of femininity, and what we can do to combat misguided expectations. It was comforting in a lot of ways, to hear her question things that I've questioned...why IS it that people break down gender roles to such specifics without......more

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