(RNS) — For many Christian kids, church camp — with nightly s’mores, goofy skits and Jesus-y singalongs — is an oasis that welcomes them each summer. For decades, that was the case for Cara Meredith, who grew up evangelical and…[Continue Reading...]
The de la Mottes family is still processing their 15 years as members of their conservative church. “[It felt like we were] brainwashed members of a cult,” Amber de la Motte shared on TLC’s Big Family, Big City on Tuesday,…[Continue Reading...]
The role of religiosity in radicalization is a topic of intense debate. To avoid essentializing religion, it is crucial to include a variety of factors that can explain radicalization beyond religiosity. The present study aligns with this approach by building…[Continue Reading...]
Although corruption within religious institutions is common knowledge, rarely do we get around to discussing how religious abuse can overlap with the victim-blaming tactics of narcissistic abuse, the mob mentality of cults, the racialized mythologies framing eugenics rhetoric, and/or the…[Continue Reading...]
Today, Investigation Discovery, the leading true crime network, announced Let Us Prey: A Ministry of Scandals, a new four-part docuseries exposing the predatory and insidious behavior within the Independent Fundamental Baptist (IFB) Churches, and the struggles of survivors to find…[Continue Reading...]
When she was a child, her parents moved from her birthplace of St. Louis to Hammond, Indiana, to be near the First Baptist Church, an Independent Fundamental Baptist (IFB) megachurch then run by Jack Hyles. Pordea, now 48, remembers her…[Continue Reading...]
Two weeks after he publicly came out as gay, former Bob Jones University student Andrew Pledger heard a knock on his door. It was his final semester of his senior year. He was resting in his dorm room during the…[Continue Reading...]
JILL Duggar has once again defied her dad Jim Bob's strict rules by allowing her son Samuel to partake in a forbidden activity. The Counting On star has continuously taken measures to separate herself from her fundamentalist parents with her…[Continue Reading...]
More than a decade ago, Amy Duggar King was introduced to the world with adjectives she never chose: crazy, rebellious, and wild. “I was a fish out of water all the time,” King, 36, tells Vanity Fair. King was juxtaposed…[Continue Reading...]
The Duggar family's meteoric rise to fame and sordid fall from grace have turned the Arkansas brood into one of the world's most famous reality TV dynasties - while also shedding light on their little-known 'radical' religion. While many watched…[Continue Reading...]
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