Exploring The Damage Caused by the Evangelical Purity Culture
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?