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Becoming Free Indeed: My Story of Disentangling Faith from Fear
by Jinger Duggar Vuolo
This is by no means a work of literary or narrative genius, but with all the absolutely awful things that have put the members of this family in the media over the years this was at least a bit more heartening.
The amount of courage it takes to so publicly denounce your involvement in something like the IBLP or following someone like Bill Gothard is astounding. Kudos to Jinger. The personal growth she has had is pretty incredible if you know anything about the beliefs she grew up holding and how deeply so many people close to her are still entrenched in them. The candid way she shares her experience of disentangling herself from the grips of such a harmful set of beliefs has me hopeful that many of her siblings and close friends will get curious about their own beliefs and follow Jinger's example.
Edited to add:
While I was impressed with the ways the author has grown away from her upbringing in the IBLP and admire her courage in sharing so publicly on the subject, I recognize that her newfound Calvinist faith is not exactly a giant leap away from Gothardism and is rife with its own problems. I acknowledge that she and her husband, along with many of their family members, still hold very problematic views about all sorts of things -- including my own rights as a queer person. I think that the things she unpacks in this book are an indication that there is perhaps a sliver of hope for change toward more inclusive thinking and acceptance in other facets of her life if she can think differently about her faith like she has.
The amount of courage it takes to so publicly denounce your involvement in something like the IBLP or following someone like Bill Gothard is astounding. Kudos to Jinger. The personal growth she has had is pretty incredible if you know anything about the beliefs she grew up holding and how deeply so many people close to her are still entrenched in them. The candid way she shares her experience of disentangling herself from the grips of such a harmful set of beliefs has me hopeful that many of her siblings and close friends will get curious about their own beliefs and follow Jinger's example.
Edited to add:
While I was impressed with the ways the author has grown away from her upbringing in the IBLP and admire her courage in sharing so publicly on the subject, I recognize that her newfound Calvinist faith is not exactly a giant leap away from Gothardism and is rife with its own problems. I acknowledge that she and her husband, along with many of their family members, still hold very problematic views about all sorts of things -- including my own rights as a queer person. I think that the things she unpacks in this book are an indication that there is perhaps a sliver of hope for change toward more inclusive thinking and acceptance in other facets of her life if she can think differently about her faith like she has.