Kim Gaines Eckert - Stronger Than You Think: Becoming Whole Without Having to Be Perfect; A Womans Guide

Note: Page numbers refer to print edition, ISBN: 978-0-8308-3373-3.

abusive relationships, 18, 66, 92, 142, 188, 192-95

addictions (food, alcohol, drugs), 16, 81, 84-86, 89-90, 182, 187, 204

American Association of University Women, 48-50

anxiety, 19, 22, 70-73, 79-95, 184, 187

attachment, 101-4, 188-90

beings-in-relationship, 26-29, 36-40, 86-87, 101, 106, 122, 137-38, 151-52, 161, 174-80, 182, 185-90, 195, 223-24

depression, 19, 68-73, 79-95, 173-74, 184-85, 187

eating disorders, 16, 118-19, 124, 127-28, 163, 166-67

forgiveness, 113-14, 190-95, 197-99

internal working models, 101-4, 188-90

Jesus, and women, 20, 108-11, 115

mens issues, 24-26, 141-43

messages (about women)

church, 19-21, 106-7

culture, 16, 19, 47-51, 53-54, 104-6, 112-13, 119-21, 135-36, 171-72

self-esteem (low), 18, 64-66, 96-131

sexual abuse, 143-47, 155, 178, 204

sexual addiction, 144, 146-47, 155-56

shalom, 24, 35, 36, 106

sin, 16, 27, 33-35, 41-42, 77, 81, 83, 111, 113, 136, 143, 147-51, 156, 191

singleness, 151-54

Note: Page numbers refer to print edition, ISBN: 978-0-8308-3373-3.

Altson, Renee, 208, 210

Ashcroft, Mary Ellen, 164-65

Austen, Jane, 47, 56

Balswick, Jack, 34, 36, 37, 166, 169, 170

Balswick, Judy, 166, 169

Barth, Karl, 34, 38

Bass, Ellen, 145

Benner, David, 98, 160, 163, 175

Bilezikian, Gilbert, 108, 109

Bowlby, John, 102

Burns, David, 64

Davis, Laura, 145

Donovan, Mary Ellen, 32, 107, 227

Eckert, Kimberly Gaines, 102

Fischer, Kathleen, 66, 81-82, 172

Foster, Richard, 129

Gillett, Shirley, 20

Grenz, Stanley, 34, 36, 40-41, 122, 151, 161, 170

Gunton, Colin, 34, 36, 39, 122

Hardesty, Nancy, 110, 151-52

Hecker, Daniel, 105

Heiman, J. R., 140-42

Hoekema, Anthony, 34, 43, 111

Hubbard, M. Gay, 25, 26

John of the Cross, St., 84

Kidd, Sue Monk, 51

Kimball, Cynthia Neal, 102

Kjesbo, Denise Muir, 161

Kroeger, Catherine Clark, 20

Lamott, Anne, 117, 125, 185-86, 209

Laumann, E. O., 140

Lawrence, Brother, 90

Lerner, Harriet Goldhor, 160

Lewis, C. S., 42, 208, 214

Manning, Brennan, 84, 96, 99, 123, 164, 176-77, 211-12, 220

McCullough, Michael, 191

McMinn, Lisa Graham, 52-53, 128-29, 135, 141

McMinn, Mark, 147-48

Muto, Susan Annette, 100, 137-38, 153, 154

Narramore, Bruce, 67, 158

Nouwen, Henri, 16, 32, 115, 166, 216, 218, 223

Orenstein, Peggy, 48-49, 100

Packer, J. I., 108, 150

Paik, A., 140

Palmer, Parker, 68, 87, 175

Pargament, Kenneth, 191

Patton, John, 114, 191-92

Pipher, Mary, 15, 48, 50, 51, 54, 120, 121

Plantinga, Cornelius, 24, 35, 41, 42, 86, 122, 148, 206

Rosen, R. C., 140

Rosenau, Doug, 157

Sanford, Linda Tschirhart, 32, 107, 227

Scanzoni, Letha, 110, 151-52

Schnarch, David, 165, 170

Shandler, Sara, 181

Smedes, Lewis, 137, 138, 151, 152, 185, 190, 193, 194, 197-98, 202

Thoresen, Carl, 191

Torrance, James, 35

Torrance, T. F., 23, 41, 43, 164, 210

Van Leeuwen, Mary Stewart, 25, 108, 110, 120, 162

Wells, Rebecca, 81

Worthington, Everett, 192, 197-99

Yancey, Philip, 182, 205

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