For many people, changing their religious orientation also means shifting their relationship with sexuality. Purity culture has had an enormous impact on Evangelical Christians in the United States, ...

Following are NCR reader responses to recent news articles, opinion columns and theological essays with letters that have been edited for length and clarity. Last Saturday's article by Jean ...

Another brilliant piece from EJ Graff at the American Prospect: “Rape culture,” as young feminists now call this, isn’t limited to India. It lives anywhere that has a “traditional” vision of women’s ...

The problem was not that previous generations cared too much about sexual morality. It’s that, at times, they taught it in ...

Purity culture messaging is everywhere. Even if you didn’t grow up particularly religious or even if you had fully atheist caregivers, it’s likely you’ve been exposed to messages from purity culture ...

In a new edited collection, UC Santa Barbara writing scholar Victoria Houser examines the lasting cultural and personal impact of evangelical purity culture. In “Purity Culture, Bodies, and Beliefs: ...

A recent study published in The Journal of Sex Research suggests that exposure to strict religious sexual teachings can increase feelings of sexual shame, particularly for people who have survived ...

You can see it in YouTube video essays, TikTok comments and social media trends. Purity culture is back. Waves of tradwife influencers like Nara Smith and Ballerina Farm, rising numbers of religious ...

So, I’m not sure whether I mentioned this in my "slice of life" articles, but I grew up in a very rich white neighborhood and my childhood best friend was a Moonie. For those not in the know, Moonies ...