Exploring The Damage Caused by the Evangelical Purity Culture

Clint Heacock
14 min readApr 10, 2020

What exactly is the motivation, and the theology, behind the evangelical so-called “purity culture”? Does it actually work in reality, or does it result in psychological and sexual harm being done to those who follow its tenets? And finally, we want to know: has it contributed to creating a culture of sexual abuse in the church?

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Clint Heacock

I’m an ex-evangelical speaking out about the dangers posed by the Christian Right, dominion theology, and Christian nationalism. Host of the MindShift podcast.