1. This is a MUST MUST READ for anyone who is deconstructing purity culture. For awhile I mistakenly thought that this book only talked about specific instances of abuse. What I’m realizing is how thoroughly Allison outlines why purity culture IS abuse and creates ripe environments for abuse. 2/ - ThreadSky

thepursuinglife.bsky.social • 18 days ago

1. This is a MUST MUST READ for anyone who is deconstructing purity culture. For awhile I mistakenly thought that this book only talked about specific instances of abuse. What I’m realizing is how thoroughly Allison outlines why purity culture IS abuse and creates ripe environments for abuse. 2/

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thepursuinglife.bsky.social•18 days ago

2. SO MANY BOOKS about purity culture fail to address how forcing abstinence on people IS purity culture. They skirt around it, saying that the problem with purity culture was the SHAME, not the stance. Allison addresses the harmful theology head on and skirts around nothing. 3/

keeganosinski.bsky.social•17 days ago

"skirts around nothing" should be in @emilyjoyallison.bsky.social's bio tbh 😤

emilyjoyallison.bsky.social•17 days ago

Hahahaha thank you

thepursuinglife.bsky.social•18 days ago

3. You can’t have a book about purity culture without addressing how queer people have been targeted in the church. Allison thoroughly addresses the violence inflicted on queer people through toxic theological stances being preached as capital T “Truth.” 4/

thepursuinglife.bsky.social•18 days ago

4. Some books people celebrated by even exvangelicals are geared more toward straight white married women. This book addresses all sides of purity culture and sexual ethics. 5/

thepursuinglife.bsky.social•18 days ago

CW: racism, slavery

5. Long before Joshua Harris and “I Kissed Dating Goodbye,” purity culture enabled the control over bodies of enslaved Black women. This important piece of the bigger picture is discussed in #ChurchToo through interviews. 6/

charlotteirene.bsky.social•18 days ago

Oh that was from me! Emily interviewed me for the book, we had a great discussion

thepursuinglife.bsky.social•18 days ago

I wondered if you were the Charlotte interviewed ✨

There was an additional interview with Lyvonne Proverbs Briggs too!

thepursuinglife.bsky.social•18 days ago

6. Many authors and books I already recommend related to purity culture - Dr. Tina Schermer-Sellers, Linda Kay Klein, Matthias Roberts for example - are also included in #ChurchToo. 7/

thepursuinglife.bsky.social•18 days ago

7. I have 50 pages left and I already know this will be my go-to recommendation not only for a book about purity culture, but also for a must-read for anyone deconstructing from white evangelicalism. 8/

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