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FREETHE WAY HOME: BEYOND FEMINISM, BACK TO REALITY EBOOK Mary Pride | 258 pages | 21 Oct 2010 | Createspace | 9781453699300 | English | Scotts Valley, CA, United States Mary Pride - Wikipedia Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. Want to Read saving…. Want to Read Currently Reading Read. Other editions. Enlarge cover. Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Open Preview See a Problem? Details if other :. Thanks for telling us about the problem. Return to Book Page. A former radical feminist speaks to the heart and mind of every married woman who seeks to be godly. Moving beyond feminism back to reality, this book is an affirmation of biblical womanhood. Get A Copy. Paperbackpages. More Details Original Title. Other Editions 3. Friend Reviews. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. To ask other readers questions about The Way Homeplease sign up. Lists with This Book. Community Reviews. Showing Average rating 3. Rating details. More filters. Sort order. Nov 12, Laura Shaw rated Back to Reality it was ok. I have to give this better than one star because Pride framed her argument in a way that made sense and helped me with my undergrad capstone paper. That said, she certainly did little to sway my perspectives on feminism. Using sarcastic and condescending tones along with alarmist language and flawed science does little to "educate" feminists on the perceived errors of their ways. This book will appeal to a very particular i. Aug 18, Kat rated it did Back to Reality like it. I read this book for novel research. I want to give it five stars, because I found it so utterly hilarious But it's a self-help book, and meant to be serious. Jun 18, Michele rated it it was amazing. I first read The Way Home: Beyond Feminism book as a new mother. While some of the information was already outdated Biblical feminists became more nuanced over time I thinkit was a book that transformed my thinking. Pride did an incredible job showing the link between the value our society puts on a women's role being distinct from a man's and yet valuable and worthwhile with the importance children have in society. Essentially she argues that the acceptance of birth control and the dis-valuing of motherhood and a w I first read this book as a new mother. Essentially she argues that the acceptance of birth control Back to Reality the dis-valuing of motherhood and a woman's role in the home are inextricably linked. The evangelical church today is in even more danger of losing the Biblical case for male-female distiction than when she wrote this book. While many evangelicals are fighting The Way Home: Beyond Feminism losing battle to retain role distinctions, I believe that Mary Pride had an important piece of the puzzle that is so often missing in the argument. It is one that doesn't allow us to just point the finger at the secularists-it causes us to wrestle with how our own attitudes and behaviors are part of the problem. And whether or not one agrees with her thesis, her ideas need to be dealt with by those interested in male-female roles in the family and society. Apr 19, Tanya rated it did not like it Shelves: nonfictionparenting. I'm not sure I ever read a book that made me so angry. I agreed with her a little more toward the end, but I was so used to disagreeing that I wondered if I needed re-evaluate my opinions. It's very outdated, which is a big part of the problem. Things have changed a lot in the 25 years since the book was written. Feb 15, Ann rated it it was amazing. This book was life changing for me. Rings of truth. Mary Pride said aloud so many things I had been thinking for years, and a lot of things I hadn't thought of, but should and now do! Great read for new homeschoolers and for young women contemplating careers vs rearing their own children. Aug 11, Eustacia Tan rated it did not like it. It's not a book that I would read if I had Back to Reality choice, but my aunt did ask me to read it. The premise of the book is basically against feminism and pro-"home-working" Author's word. There are Back to Reality points in the book, but sadly, they all appear in the later part of the Back to Reality, although one good Back to Reality is that it is very thought provoking, such that I had to take notes on everything that was logically unsou After reading The Way Home by Mary Pride, I had to read Monsignor Quixote as a stress reliever. The bad point's are so many, and so glaring, that they eclipse the good points, which is an encouragement of staying-at-home. The first thing I take issue with is her tone, she uses a lot of sarcasm and blanket statements. And reading the comments about her book, there's a lot about hypocrisy, which I have to concur with. One striking example is when she says that she is "timid", but her whole book has an aggressive tone. Another related issue is her way of quoting, where she doesn't give the context of the passage. I once heard a preacher say "A text without a context is just a pretext for what you want it to say", smart words, which I've taken to heart. Another big problem is that she's not neutral. I'm not saying that she has to be completely neutral, you have to take a stand, against feminism or for it. The "non-neutrality" that I don't like is her inclusion of politics, which I feel is a red Back to Reality. She is obviously a republican, and reminds me of the Tea Party. And if you look at the UN and such, you'll see that even as America looks out for it's own interest, it doesn't display socialist tendencies at least not to mebut from how she rights, you'll think that America is a Totalitarian, Communist Country. There's a lot to say, but I'm stopping here, at her use of examples I suppose it's related to quoting, but for me, it warrant's a paragraph of its own. Her examples seem to be very twisted, and her argument based on one passage. For most of the book, I was wondering, where is Proverbs 31? And it was way way way behind, in Chapter It may be because she didn't define anything at all, but to me taking a really basic level of businessthis implies that the women mentioned is a merchant, albeit, one The Way Home: Beyond Feminism the earlier channels of distribution. It's really sad, because this book could Back to Reality been so good. A more effective method, I think, is that she tells her own experience, rather than launching into a tirade. In my family, my mom went back to work but she has 4 kids, which contradicts her assumption that working -gasp- takes away the chance for women to have kidsand there are stay at home mom's in my family, but a lot of them also work. And all my cousin's and I are the same kind of normal. I suppose, action really does speak louder than words. First posted at Inside the mind of a Bibliophile View 1 comment. Apr 06, Shayne rated it did not like it. I read this book as research for my dissertation. There is so much wrong with this book, Back to Reality let me just say that the writing tone is sarcastic and "better than thou". I grew up with a lot of these concepts and am so glad to have found a way to see myself as a worthy individual. This book did clarify what the thinking is of The Way Home: Beyond Feminism far right. For instance, they don't believe in social reform because it forces people to be good thus making them be bad. She states that she believes segregation would h I read this book as research for my dissertation. She states that she believes segregation would have eventually been abolished because people Back to Reality have "seen its righteousness" I do find this contradictory since the main premise of the religion is that you are sinful and evil. There The Way Home: Beyond Feminism no arguing with blind faith so I will simply move on at this point and finish writing my dissertation instead. Nov 10, Andy Hickman rated it it was ok. This book by nature is politically divisive. We valued the insight into the shocking way feminism had stripped families of their dignity. Now, we see things differently. Oh, and 'biblical womanhood'??. Shelves: read-before. The Way Home: Beyond Feminism, Back to Reality by Mary Pride However this is a book for those who are The Way Home: Beyond Feminism, lost and are seriously evaluating what God wants of a woman, and as the author rightly titled the book, it shows you the way Home. As it did to me. This book is fantastic on two fronts:. Sarmishta, thank you for reviewing my book. This is simply not true. As designed by God, sex should be confined to legitimate marriage, and, in the way that it is practiced, it should be open to reproduction — e.