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annalaurasw's review against another edition
5.0
TW for discussions of sexual harassment and assault, religious trauma, and purity culture
I grew up in this subculture, was raised to believe that Christian men were tough and patriotic, and that my role as a woman was to be submissive and obedient. I always chafed against this structure, and as an adult I’ve moved away from evangelicalism entirely, instead embracing a more progressive Christianity.
This book is so, so important to understand how and why the last few years have not been a fluke but are in fact a fulfillment of evangelical values when it comes to patriarchy, power, and patriotism. As someone who grew up indoctrinated into this mentality, I believe we as a faith and a nation have a lot of deconstructing and reckoning to deal with.
I highly recommend this book to anyone, but especially to my fellow exvangelicals who are deconstructing their faiths. It’s hard and painful work, but it must be done.
I grew up in this subculture, was raised to believe that Christian men were tough and patriotic, and that my role as a woman was to be submissive and obedient. I always chafed against this structure, and as an adult I’ve moved away from evangelicalism entirely, instead embracing a more progressive Christianity.
This book is so, so important to understand how and why the last few years have not been a fluke but are in fact a fulfillment of evangelical values when it comes to patriarchy, power, and patriotism. As someone who grew up indoctrinated into this mentality, I believe we as a faith and a nation have a lot of deconstructing and reckoning to deal with.
I highly recommend this book to anyone, but especially to my fellow exvangelicals who are deconstructing their faiths. It’s hard and painful work, but it must be done.
jillmarie_23's review against another edition
challenging
dark
hopeful
informative
reflective
slow-paced
4.0
aelbergan's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
informative
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
4.0
crystalstarrlight's review against another edition
5.0
Bullet Review:
+ The contents of this are terrifying.
+ It's absolutely mind-blowing to think how the world has evolved to where we are today.
+ After reading this, it 100% makes sense how we are where we are today.
+ It's hilarious that some of the most morally corrupt people with multiple affairs, divorces, sexual harrassment accusations are the heads of these movements (John Wayne, Ronald Reagan, etc.).
+ Pat Robertson, Tim & Bev LaHaye, the DeVos family, Jerry Fallwell, James Dobson, Bill Gothard, Jim Bakker, and Phyllis Schlafly are awful, hateful hypocritical human beings, and I will not be convinced otherwise.
+ Although I lived in the evangelical movement as a child, and although I've followed bits and pieces as an adult, there is so much I didn't know.
+ If this doesn't convince one to burn it all down, I don't know what will.
+ The contents of this are terrifying.
+ It's absolutely mind-blowing to think how the world has evolved to where we are today.
+ After reading this, it 100% makes sense how we are where we are today.
+ It's hilarious that some of the most morally corrupt people with multiple affairs, divorces, sexual harrassment accusations are the heads of these movements (John Wayne, Ronald Reagan, etc.).
+ Pat Robertson, Tim & Bev LaHaye, the DeVos family, Jerry Fallwell, James Dobson, Bill Gothard, Jim Bakker, and Phyllis Schlafly are awful, hateful hypocritical human beings, and I will not be convinced otherwise.
+ Although I lived in the evangelical movement as a child, and although I've followed bits and pieces as an adult, there is so much I didn't know.
+ If this doesn't convince one to burn it all down, I don't know what will.