Extreme Makeover: Women Transformed by Christ, Not Conformed to the Culture - Hardcover

Tomeo, Teresa

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1586175610 ISBN 13: 9781586175610

Publisher: Ignatius Press, 2011

Synopsis

Popular radio host Teresa Tomeo knows from experience that the self-image of American women is being distorted by pop culture. With its emphasis on youth, physical beauty, and sexuality, the secular media is encouraging women - and girls - to see themselves primarily as sex objects.A former television news reporter, Tomeo pulls together the latest research on social behavior and trends to demonstrate that women are harming themselves and their chances for true happiness by adopting the thoroughly modern, sexually liberated lifestyle portrayed in magazines and movies. Packed with not only persuasive statistics but also powerful personal testimonies, Extreme Makeover shows that it is not the slogans of the sexual revolution and the women's liberation movement that free and dignify women, but the beautiful teachings of the Catholic Church.So what are women steeped in the Hollywood and Cosmo girl version of reality to do? Undergo Tomeo's Extreme Makeover. With the help of this book, they can shed the toxic messages that objectify and enslave them and embrace the truth about being a beloved daughter of God.

About this title

About the Author:

Teresa Tomeo is an author, syndicated Catholic talk show host, and motivational speaker with thirty years of broadcasting experience in both the secular and Christian media. Her daily morning program, Catholic Connection, is produced by Ave Maria Radio in Ann Arbor, Michigan and syndicated through the EWTN Global Catholic Radio Network. Among her other books is Noise: How Our Media-saturated Culture Dominates Lives and Dismantles Families.

Review:

Extreme Makeover will be one of the most significant books for women in the 21st century. It pulls back the curtain on why every woman feels confused and hurt. ---Meg Meeker, M.D., Author, The 10 Habits of Happy Mothers

Writing with vivid energy and insight, Teresa Tomeo has created the best kind of book about faith: rich in content, engaging to read and thoroughly practical in its implications. Tomeo knows the pressures and dishonesties facing women in modern American culture from firsthand experience, and she leads women to Jesus Christ with compelling personal testimonies and uncommon persuasive skill. For any woman who seeks the true foundation of her dignity, this is the book to read--and to share. ---Most Reverend Charles Chaput, Archbishop of Philadelphia

Teresa Tomeo is a passionate and persuasive apologist for the Catholic faith. In Extreme Makeover, she offers an earthy, candid, refreshing rejoinder to conventional feminist wisdom and builds a solid case for the liberating power of Catholic orthodoxy. ---Colleen Carroll Campbell, TV and radio host, author, The New Faithful

About this edition

• Publisher: Ignatius Press
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1586175610
• ISBN 13: 9781586175610
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 211