1/x: Far-right Christianity's decades of excusing and enabling sexual abuse
Please join me for this summary version of an excerpt from @kkdumez's excellent book "Jesus and John Wayne" which we published at @DiscoverFlux here: flux.community/kristin-kobes-…
Please join me for this summary version of an excerpt from @kkdumez's excellent book "Jesus and John Wayne" which we published at @DiscoverFlux here: flux.community/kristin-kobes-…
Lots of people outside of the white evangelical subculture couldn't believe that the "family values" crowd would be so loyal to a casino owner and habitual adulterer like Donald Trump.
As Du Mez argues, this is a drastic overlooking of evangelical history bookshop.org/books/jesus-an…
As Du Mez argues, this is a drastic overlooking of evangelical history bookshop.org/books/jesus-an…
In fact, as she writes, "conservative evangelical support for abusive leaders is a feature, not a bug."
This is why evangelicals like Russell Moore who are rightfully calling out sexual assault and abuse have been met with enormous resistance.
This is why evangelicals like Russell Moore who are rightfully calling out sexual assault and abuse have been met with enormous resistance.
Trump's degrading treatment of women fits in w/many evangelicals' beliefs that women are responsible for sexual abuse committed by men.
This is often taught in churches through frequent sermons about "Potiphar's wife," a woman who supposedly tempted Joseph in the Old Testament.
This is often taught in churches through frequent sermons about "Potiphar's wife," a woman who supposedly tempted Joseph in the Old Testament.
Men in positions of religious power who abuse their authority are said to be "alpha males" who are still entitled to obedience because they're God's imperfect instruments.
Mark Driscoll was one such minister. He's back at it again, incidentally protestia.com/2021/04/30/mar…
Mark Driscoll was one such minister. He's back at it again, incidentally protestia.com/2021/04/30/mar…
Roy Moore, the fundamentalist and neo-Confederate who was defeated by Doug Jones in the 2017 Alabama Senate race, received 80% of evangelical votes despite admitting to dating teenage girls as an adult washingtonpost.com/graphics/2017/…
Many of the more extreme evangelical churches even have their own "sharia-style" private court systems where they encourage members to bring misconduct allegations.
Unsurprisingly, men accused of sexual assault often face no real sentences from these "courts."
Unsurprisingly, men accused of sexual assault often face no real sentences from these "courts."
Doug Wilson, a leading figure in Christian homeschooling, argues that women who refuse to submit to men at all times are "really women who tacitly agree on the propriety of rape."
He's also a slavery apologist and argues Christians shouldn't submit to courts "run by unbelievers"
He's also a slavery apologist and argues Christians shouldn't submit to courts "run by unbelievers"
.@kkdumez's chapter and book really brings the receipts on this odious but important history so please share this thread, follow her, and buy her book.
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