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Pure : inside the Evangelical movement that shamed a generation of young women and how I broke free / Linda Kay Klein.
Van Pelt Library BV639.W7 K556 2018
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Klein, Linda Kay, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Women in Christianity.
- Evangelicalism.
- Christian women--Sexual behavior.
- Christian women.
- Sex--Religious aspects--Christianity.
- Sex.
- Women's rights--Religious aspects--Christianity.
- Women's rights.
- Purity (Ethics).
- Shame--Religious aspects--Christianity.
- Shame.
- Genre:
- Nonfiction.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 341 pages ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First Touchstone hardcover edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Touchstone, 2018.
- Summary:
- From a woman who has been there and back, the first inside look at the devastating effects evangelical Christianity's purity culture has had on a generation of young women--in a potent combination of journalism, cultural commentary, and memoir. In the 1990s, a "purity industry" emerged out of the white evangelical Christian culture. Purity rings, purity pledges, and purity balls came with a dangerous message: girls are potential sexual "stumbling blocks" for boys and men, and any expression of a girl's sexuality could reflect the corruption of her character. This message traumatized many girls--resulting in anxiety, fear, and experiences that mimicked the symptoms of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder--and trapped them in a cycle of shame.
- Contents:
- Movement I: The stumbling blocks
- Sin, psychosis, or system
- The lie
- Pure destruction
- Sexual violence, classified
- Movement II: Stumbling through church
- Man-made girls
- The virgin
- The tigress
- Family values
- The stained-glass ceiling
- Movement III: Stumbling out of church
- Trapped
- Frozen
- The G(od) spot
- Dementor
- Movement IV: How we get over
- Going home
- The no shame movement
- Sanctuary.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-321) and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Klein, Linda Kay, author. Pure
- ISBN:
- 9781501124815
- 1501124811
- 9781501124822
- 150112482X
- OCLC:
- 1041194565
- Publisher Number:
- 99978345452
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