For many people, changing their religious orientation also means shifting their relationship with sexuality. Purity culture has had an enormous impact on Evangelical Christians in the United States, ...

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The last decade witnessed a sharp turn against the so-called purity culture that emerged in the 1990s American Christian scene. Emphasizing abstinence and exalting virginity, it has since been blamed ...

(RNS) — Harris seems to recognize that his books gave women a wrong view about our sexuality and our relationships but fails to mention the damage his toxic teachings did to our faith. (RNS) — The ...