Kathryn Joyce approaches the Quiverfull followers with deep curiosity and the restraint of a good journalist. Joyce’s book is like walking into another world; in fact it is, except that these are a splinter group of the people who are so important to the coalition that Rove put together for the Republican Party.
Patriarchy is essential to understanding the right wing, fundamentalism, and the authoritarian structure of the Republican Party.
“Quiverfull” — by focusing on one particular theological outlook — provides a detailed window into what we as secularists are up against, and whose power the women’s movement must understand in order to diminish its impact. Read all.
