Tag: Institute in Basic Life Principles

From ‘cult’ leader to disgraced outcast: FEMAIL reveals what happened to the man behind the Duggars’ sinister religion – who ‘turned every father into a cult leader’, told parents to beat their kids – then found himself shunned over sexual assault scandal

Published June 4, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Bill Gothard, Institute in Basic Life Principles, sex scandal

When the Duggars were shot to fame thanks to their TLC reality show, they portrayed a picture perfect and wholesome family - which they insisted was thanks to their participation in the fundamentalist religious group known as The Institute in Basic Life…[Continue Reading...]

‘Insidious organization’: a reality TV family and the dangers of fundamentalism

Published June 2, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Bill Gothard, Christian fundamentalism, documentary, Duggar family, Institute in Basic Life Principles

Any casual peruser of American cable television is probably familiar with the Duggar family – if not with the specifics of their juggernaut series on TLC, then with the sheer number of them. From 2007 until 2015, the Duggars, a…[Continue Reading...]

Who Is Bill Gothard? Everything to Know About the Institute in Basic Life Principles Founder

Published June 1, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged abuse allegations, Bill Gothard, homeschooling, Institute in Basic Life Principles, sex scandal

Bill Gothard founded the Institute in Basic Life Principles more than 60 years ago — but since then, he’s become a controversial figure in the religious community. Growing up, Gothard, 88, was raised in a religious household, and as a…[Continue Reading...]