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Author’s note: The only names to have been changed in this book are those of Joanna Stoors and Dr. Singer, which I have done at their request. All characters in this book are individuals. There are no conflated or composite characters.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Joyce, Kathryn.
Quiverfull : inside the Christian patriarchy movement / Kathryn Joyce.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
E-ISBN: 978-0-8070-9622-2
ISBN-13: 978-0-8070-1073-0 (paperback : alk. paper)
ISBN-10: 0-8070-1073-1 (paperback : alk. paper)
1. Women in fundamentalist churches—History. 2. Patriarchy—Religious
aspects—Christianity. I. Title.
BX7800.F864J69 2009
277.3’083082—dc22 2008036051