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Captivating: Unveiling the Mystery of a Woman's Soul | 
 enlarge | Authors: John Eldredge, Stasi Eldredge
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
Category: Book
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Pages: 224
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Dimensions (in): 8.1 x 5.1 x 0.8
ISBN: 0785289097
Dewey Decimal Number: 291
EAN: 9780785289098
ASIN: 0785289097
Publication Date: July 10, 2007
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Every little girl has dreams of being swept up into a great adventure, of being the beautiful princess. Sadly, when women grow up, they are often swept up into a life filled merely with duty and demands. Many Christian women are tired, struggling under the weight of the pressure to be a "good servant," a nurturing caregiver, or a capable home manager. What Wild at Heart did for men, Captivating can do for women. This groundbreaking book shows readers the glorious design of women before the fall, describes how the feminine heart can be restored, and casts a vision for the power, freedom, and beauty of a woman released to be all she was meant to be. By revealing the core desires every woman shares-to be romanced, to play an irreplaceable role in a grand adventure, and to unveil beauty-John and Stasi Eldredge invite women to recover their feminine hearts, created in the image of an intimate and passionate God. Further, they encourage men to discover the secret of a woman's soul and to delight in the beauty and strength women were created to offer.
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 Very confused ideation October 9, 2008
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CAPTIVATING: UNVEILING THE MYSTERY OF A WOMAN's SOUL serves as evidence of the epidemic of confused ideation which unfortunately, finds its way into print.
The perennial faults, common to New Age literature, [The CARTESIAN AFFLICTION & The ERROR OF ECCLECTICISM, are made evident in this book, by authors claiming vaguely, to be "Christian".
Even the title reference, concerning "A WOMAN's SOUL" more than suggests that the SOUL is itself SEXED, or qualified by a gender, and this would specifically make the book unChristian in its theological foundations. In Christian theology, there is no such thing as a SOUL being feminized or masculinized.
One can only wonder what system of Checks & Balances such author use, or failed to use, as they compare their proposals to valid propositions.
Philosophically, the core difficulty concerns the issue of human IDENTITY. The authors fail to identify SOUL as the human identity, and opt instead for a modernist interpretation of being founded upon SEXUAL IDENTITY. Therefore, if I am born male, my identity is that of a male, rather than that of a SOUL.
This fault established, the foundation for nearly everything the authors write is not only weak in its rationality, it is contradictory to even the most simple and basic of Christian doctrine, regardless of whether the reader is either Catholic, Protestant, or any other sect.
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The book seems committed to answer a common Mass Minded dilemma which appears in the earthly, rather than the spiritual woman:
HOW-DOES-WOMAN-CONTROL-HER-MAN?
It is not only a worldly proposition, it is inherently a destructive proposition to both man and woman in marriage and in friendly relationship.
The author seems to be preoccupied with some childhood delusion of fantasy fulfillment, wherein Woman should establish for a personal goal, the "acting-out" of some romantic adventure for herself.
One of the philosophical exceptions, wherein the author's ideation is weak, is the failure to clarify and identify what the nature and aspects of a MAN are. Thereafter, all of the author's propositions concerning how a woman should function in a relationship, are imbalanced in their core assumptives.
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At the beginning of each chapter, the authors offer several quotes from literary figures of the past, and other personages, as though to indicate that the twisted associations of the author's ratiocinative processes are supported as standard philosphical underpinnings throughout the realm of literature. However, many of such quotes are taken entirely out of context, and others are not even remotely related to the Feminist ideological proposals of the authors.
For example, Chapter 3 begins with a quote from William Shakespeare:
"O pernicious woman."
That's all. It isn't even a complete sentence; but by the confused ideation of the authorship, somewhow the line of the character in a Shakespearean play, is somehow to be construed to imply that Shakespeare himself held to some philosophy that all womanhood is PERNICIOUS. Anyone familiar with the Catholicity of the Bard would see that utter absurdity of such a proposal.
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The authorship seems woefully unaware of common faults in relationships between Men and Women. Common problems such as self-medication with drugs or alcohol seem to be given no consideration. The authors seem only remotely connected to the problems faced by the most ordinary man and woman in todays world.
Sometimes, it is not pleasant to indicate the massive faults of authors, because a reviewer would prefer to be kind; but if one neglects to write the truth and consider reviwing on a factual basis, all manner of nonsensical proposition find their way into print.
That such literature has little at all to do with Jesus Christ, or a dynamic and vital spiritual life, is obvious.
That is appears to be written in the skewed genre of "The Feminine Mystique" and has strong similarities to New Age literature and that it is philosphically flawed is readily apparent from even the most casual examination.
It serves to show that if people are confused, it serves as no inhibition to spreading the confusion around.
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 Beautiful book September 30, 2008
I just started reading this book and it's such a great book! I get the "warm fuzzies" whenever I read it. :)
Excellant September 26, 2008
This book is great for all women who have a desire to a)Understand how much their Savior loves them and to fall deeper in love WITH Him and b)who have a desire to fall in love and live happily ever after with the man God has set apart for them. I love this book!
Great book August 8, 2008
It's a great book for even a man to hear to reach the insights of the female soul and how God sees them.
Good book, but not for men... August 7, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Yeah, I know, the title of this review seems weird, but I picked this book up to read more about my wife. The only problem is, I definitely don't think this was written for men. So, now that is out of the way, I'll move on...
I think this is an excellent book to really capture the essence of a woman. From the guys who brought you "Wild At Heart" for us men, they really take the time to explain how a woman works and how they can better understand themselves. The reason I said before that it was written for women is because they assume that you understand what they're talking about, probably being a woman reading the book, and that all the concepts just flow. For a guy, its a little hard to understand, but my wife seems to love it.
Overall, I think its a great read for any woman looking to explore why they are the way they are and how to deal with the feelings and emotions that come from being a woman.
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