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Pure inside the Evangelical movement that shamed a generation of young women and how I broke free

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 wh...

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Main Author: Klein, Linda Kay (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Touchstone, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc., 2018.
Edition:First Touchstone hardcover edition.
Subjects:
Women in Christianity.
Evangelicalism.
Christian women > Sexual behavior.
Sex > Religious aspects > Christianity.
Women's rights > Religious aspects > Christianity.
Purity (Ethics)
Shame > Religious aspects > Christianity.
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Table of 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.

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