“The media is flooded with stories illustrating the unhappy marriage between patriarchy and abuse in evangelicalism.”
“But patriarchy is just one piece of the puzzle, in some ways more of a manifestation than a driver."
~ Ibid., pp. 210-1
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“Whatever people around the world learn from missionaries, whatever elements of American Christianity they keep, and whatever the missionaries themselves bring or take away, one thing is clear: the American church has been less affected and less enlightened by those on the receiving end of its missionary endeavor, or even by their own missionaries, then one might hope."
~ Ibid., p. 139
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"Too often missions are less a relationship that challenges and matures the American church and more a pleasing product to consume, a beautiful reflection upon which to gaze.”
~ Ibid.
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“The media is flooded with stories illustrating the unhappy marriage between patriarchy and abuse in evangelicalism.”
“But patriarchy is just one piece of the puzzle, in some ways more of a manifestation than a driver."
~ Ibid., pp. 210-1
"Patriarchy is what psychologist Dave Verhaagen, an evangelical Christian himself, identifies as a response to deep seated anxiety and fear that, according to data he has analyzed, pervades evangelical culture and leads to an overemphasis on control and unquestioned authority.”
~ Ibid., p. 211
"An overemphasis on control is just one feature of the ‘collective narcissism’ Verhaagen identifies in evangelical culture. Evangelicalism attracts individual narcissists looking for a compliant power base; it also promotes a group culture of narcissism through a belief system that tells adherents they are special, chosen, enlightened, and heroic.”
~ Ibid.
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