Linda Kay Klein
Patriarchy and purity culture combine to silence women in the Southern Baptist Convention – and are blocking efforts to address the sexual abuse scandal
By Julie Ingersoll — June 14, 2022
(The Conversation) — Accused men were protected by the SBC while the women who dared to speak up were called sluts, adulteresses, Jezebels and even agents of Satan. A scholar of evangelicalism writes about this culture.
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.
Britney Spears: An icon for purity culture’s wounded women
By Renée Roden — August 27, 2021
(RNS) — The trajectory of Spears' career and public persona can be understood, some scholars of evangelicalism argue, through the rise and decline of the evangelical purity movement.
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.
Nadia Bolz-Weber wants to kiss 1990s-era purity rings goodbye
By Cathleen Falsani — December 13, 2018
(RNS) — In the wake of #MeToo, evangelicals and other Christians are rethinking 1990s-era purity culture.
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