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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 ...

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 ...

I was taught to question all my desires and that, at baseline, my desires were probably wrong, because the idea of depravity extended to every part of you,' said Rollins.

My life story is interlaced with religion. I grew up in the church. My late grandmother was a deaconess. My mother sang in the church choir. My brother is currently a pastor. I also grew up in the ...

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, ...

(RNS) — Harris seems to recognize that his books gave women a wrong view about our sexuality and our relationships but fails to mention the damage his toxic teachings did to our faith. (RNS) — The ...

Recent headlines about the denim ad wars—Levi’s tapping Beyoncé, American Eagle turning to Sydney Sweeney, Gap retreating after backlash—have offered a telling glimpse of how American brands still ...

If Sen. Tim Scott were elected president of the United States—and, given polling, that looks like a pretty big “if” for now—he would be a historic winner. Not only would he be the second Black ...