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Patriarchy and purity culture combine to silence women in the Southern Baptist Convention – and are blocking efforts to address the sexual abuse scandal

  • Written by Julie Ingersoll, Professor of Religious Studies, University of North Florida
Patriarchy and purity culture combine to silence women in the Southern Baptist Convention – and are blocking efforts to address the sexual abuse scandalA woman describes being abused sexually by a Southern Baptist minister, outside the Southern Baptist Convention's annual meeting in June 2019, in Birmingham, Ala. AP Photo/Julie Bennett

A devastating yearlong investigation into the executive committee of the largest conservative evangelical denomination in the U.S., the Southern Baptist Convention,...

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