Episode 6: True Love Waits and Sexual Accountability
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This episode focuses on the organization True Love Waits and its founding as a highly ambitious campaign to transform the diversity of sexual cultures, expressions, and ethics in the US into a singular ethic based on Christian principles. While doing so, the campaign also contributed to the culture of abuse in the Southern Baptist Convention by sacralizing the practice of victim blaming. For anyone experiencing sexual or gender-based violence in their religious community: https://intoaccount.org/our-team/ Staying Alive, How Martyrdom Made Me a Warrior by Stephanie Krehbiel https://mla.bethelks.edu/ml-archive/2006Dec/krehbiel.php The Myth of Colorblind Christians by Jesse Curtis https://nyupress.org/9781479809370/the- myth-of-colorblind-christians/ Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
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