Joshua Harris
How Shannon Harris kissed biblical womanhood goodbye
By Kathryn Post — August 23, 2023
(RNS) — In her forthcoming memoir, Shannon Harris documents her journey from marrying purity culture celebrity Josh Harris to finding herself outside of her marriage and the church.
It’s back: Purity Culture 2.0, Gen Z style
By Devi Abraham — December 2, 2021
(RNS) — Purity culture lives on, and a new generation of influencers on social media is pushing it mainstream.
How the purity movement created a sense of shame in evangelical women
By Julie Ingersoll — December 10, 2019
(The Conversation) — Extreme abstinence culture goes beyond sexual mores to advise women not to pursue leadership roles or speak out in mixed company.
Instagram apostasy stirs controversy over Christian ‘influencers’
By Emily McFarlan Miller — August 30, 2019
(RNS) — Living one's spiritual life online leaves these leaders more vulnerable to the huge cost of leaving one's faith.
Joshua Harris and the sexual prosperity gospel
By Katelyn Beaty — July 26, 2019
(RNS) — Some evangelicals who denounce the prosperity gospel seem to have no problem touting the purity culture that say God will reward those who wait.
Megachurch pastors leave Reformed evangelical network amid child abuse scandal
By Sarah Pulliam Bailey — May 18, 2014
Joshua Harris and C.J. Mahaney are no longer on the Gospel Coalition's council, the latest casualties in an ongoing struggle with sex abuse that has overshadowed some of the biggest names in evangelicalism.
Evangelical leaders stand by pastor accused of abuse cover-up
By Sarah Pulliam Bailey — May 24, 2013
(RNS) Several leading evangelical pastors and authors have come to the defense of a pastor accused in a lawsuit for covering up sexual abuse of children.
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