Pure : inside the Evangelical movement that shamed a generation of young women and how I broke free
by Klein, Linda Kay (Author)
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 wh... Full description
- 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.