Showing posts with label Duggars. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Duggars. Show all posts
Tuesday, October 6, 2015

Who Really Set Up Papal Meeting with Kim Davis? Enlightening Comments at Catholic Blog Site

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Yesterday at the National Catholic Reporter  site , Tom Gallagher posted an article focusing on something about which I spoke briefly...
Friday, September 11, 2015

Highly Recommended: Sarah Posner's Just-Published Essay on Duggars' Close Ties to Discredited IBLP Ministry of Bill Gothard

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A very important essay to which I'd like to point you: Sarah Posner's exhaustively researched investigation of the ties of t...
Friday, August 21, 2015

Josh Duggar and Ashley Madison Revelations: Commentary I Find Worth Reading

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A selection for you this morning (blossoms or weeds? — you please decide) from things I've been reading about the revelation that, wh...
Monday, June 29, 2015

Duggars Praying, Satan Dancing: White Evangelicals Respond to Obergefell — What Does Church Mean When Love Wins Everywhere Except in Church?

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The Duggars are praying , y'all — for all of the rest of us, it appears, though it seems not for themselves.
Thursday, June 11, 2015

Dan Savage on What Constitutes Abuse of Duggar Children: "All the Duggar Kids Are Being Abused"

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Dan Savage yesterday on the latest Duggar revelation ( In Touch  has published another article indicating that Arkansas DHS is in...
Wednesday, June 10, 2015

A Reader Writes: "This Is the Logical End of the First Things' 'Protestants and Catholics Together' Project: They Band Together to Fight Against Culture War Issues and Look the Other Way at Each Others' Abuse Cases"

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I haven't forgotten my promise yesterday to share with you some of my reflections about the subject of abuse of women and childre...

Quote for Day: In Wake of Duggar Scandal and Conservative Christian Reaction to Caitlyn Jenner, It's Become Clear That Abuse Is a Feature, Not a Bug, of Christian Fundamentalism

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Christopher Stroop at Religion Dispatches :
Tuesday, June 9, 2015

Bob Cesca on Fox News's Defense of Duggars as "Harrowing Turning Point in Our Discourse" — and Father Jonathan Morris's at Fox News's Defense of Duggars

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Yesterday, I pointed you to a thought-provoking article by Andrew O'Hehir which argues that it's through public conversatio...
Monday, June 8, 2015

Homeschool Survivor Nicholas Ducote on Duggars and Christian Patriarchy: "It's Literal Rape Culture"

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As the day goes on, Salon' s lead story right now is an interview by Jenny Kutner with homeschool survivor Nicholas Ducote about...

Discussion of Duggars and Caitlyn Jenner As How We Talk About Religion in Public Life Today, and a Question: Is There a Genetic Link Between Rigid, Patriarchal Religion and Abuse of Children?

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Andrew O'Hehir argues that it's through public conversation about stories like those of the Duggars and Caitlyn Jenner that ...
Friday, June 5, 2015

Droppings from the Fox News Talking-Points Birdcage: "Slam Dunk Heads Will Roll" Due to Illegal Release of Josh Duggar's Police Report

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Someone with the username wreckinball writes in here yesterday in reponse to my update regarding the Duggar family, to challenge my ...
Thursday, June 4, 2015

The Duggars Speak Out: Victims? What Victims? The Duggar Story and the Gospel

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The Duggars just don't get it, do they? The fact is, they can't get it, because they live in a little countercultural bubble...
Friday, May 29, 2015

Critically Important to Analyzing Duggar Story: Stephanie Krehbiel and Ruth Krall Discussing Issues of Sexual Violence (and Cover-Up) in Churches

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In the latest issue of Mennonite Life (issue 2015, vol. 69) ( online here) , Stephanie Krehbiel interviews Ruth Krall on the topic ...

Duggar Saga: End-of-Week Wrap Up (with 10 Links to Valuable Commentary)

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As this work week ends, I thought I'd update you on the ever-unfolding Duggar family saga, and provide you with some links to commen...
Wednesday, May 27, 2015

Religious Culture of Abuse of Females in Right-Wing Christianity: A Current Case Study

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In my posting on the Duggar family earlier today, I cited Jenny Kutner  to note that what shouldn't be overlooked in the Duggar sto...

Duggar Saga: From Curioser and Curioser to Sleazier and Sleazier — Police Reports Ordered Destroyed by Huckabee-Allied Judge, Female Police Chief Under Fire, SNAP Weighs In

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News about the model Christian family in my home state of Arkansas, the Duggars, continues to pop so fast and furious that it's har...
Friday, May 22, 2015

The Curious Saga of Josh Duggar, Anti-Gay "Family Values" Champion, Or, Aristotle Was Onto Something When He Said That Hubris Courts a Big Fall

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Big news in my own state of Arkansas as this week ends, which has implications that reach far beyond the borders of the state, since ...