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Homeschool Scholar Reviews Quiverfull

Posted on June 24, 2009 · Add Comment

A new review of Quiverfull from Milton Gaither, author of Homeschool: An American History:

Joyce, a freelance journalist based in New York City, here pens an important book on one of the most dynamic subcultures within the homeschooling world: “quiverfull” families where father is patriarchal lord, mother is submissive breeder of [...]

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Proselytizing in Iraq

Posted on June 21, 2009 · Add Comment

I have a new story up at Newsweek.com about a rogue chaplain-endorsing agency in the U.S. military that has distributed Arabic-language Bibles in Iraq through U.S. troops, in violation of strict military prohibitions on proselytizing religion: 

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Feminist Review

Posted on June 16, 2009 · Add Comment

Lawrence James Hammar, Ph.D. reviews Quiverfull at Feminist Review:

“I can’t forgive the Christian patriarchy movement subjects of this superbly crafted and deeply troubling new book, for their bad faith, cognitive dissonance, and behavioral misdeeds carry heavy consequences. Whether or not they know what they’re doing remains an open question. Kathryn Joyce’s gripping [...]

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Saddleback Domestic Violence and Quiverfull on GritTV

Posted on June 5, 2009 · Add Comment

Watch here as I talk to GritTV’s Laura Flanders about Saddleback Church, domestic violence and Quiverfull.

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A Mythical Land Called “Common Ground”

Posted on June 3, 2009 · Add Comment

Patheos, the cool new kid on the religion beat block, has launched with a series of “public square” topic discussions. Abortion is one of them, and my contribution, A Mythical Land Called “Common Ground,” is here.

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Does Rick Warren’s Church Condone Domestic Violence?

Posted on May 14, 2009 · Add Comment

I have a new story at the just-launched Slate spin-off, Double X:

On Sunday afternoons, Sheri Ferber, a 43-year-old mother of three, listens online to Rick Warren’s sermons, streamed from the 25,000-member Saddleback Church where she was a devoted member for ten years. Although Sheri, pictured here, now lives an hour away in [...]

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New Religion Dispatches Story

Posted on May 7, 2009 · Add Comment

Ignore the Rod: the Parental Rights Amendment Isn’t About Spanking

Several weeks ago, a Politico story gave a glimpse into the long-shot movement to create a new “parental rights” amendment to the Constitution, citing the debate as “the new wedge issue” that will reignite the culture wars (or perhaps more appropriately, reinvigorate media [...]

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2009 Vulgaria Child Catcher of the Year

Posted on April 29, 2009 · Add Comment

In a heavily footnoted essay, fundamentalist homeschooling ministry Vision Forum, publisher of “Manly Men Write Manly Letters,” “Be Fruitful and Multiply,” “Passionate Housewives Desperate for God,” and “Manliness,” awards me the “2009 Vulgaria Child Catcher of the Year Award” for following the greatly-missed feminist writer Ellen Willis in trying “to destroy biblical patriarchy and [...]

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Quiverfull Coverage from Abu Dhabi

Posted on April 28, 2009 · Add Comment

Gretchen Peters, a reporter for The National, a new English newspaper in Abu Dhabi, writes about Quiverfull in her article, “More the merrier for Christian movement.”

Also, an author interview with Allison McCarthy at Girl With Pen.

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KUCI Radio Appearance

Posted on April 22, 2009 · Add Comment

Click here to listen to a radio appearance about Quiverfull with Weekly Signals, hosted by Mike Kaspar and Nathan Callahan.

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