Stories by Kathryn Joyce

Kathryn Joyce is the author of Quiverfull: Inside the Christian Patriarchy Movement (Beacon, 2009). subscribe to Kathryn Joyce's feed

The Shocking Stories of How Christian Homes Treat Troubled Teens

Posted on: Aug 15, 2011, Source: Mother Jones

Cut-off from parents and the outside of world, troubled teens are forced to endure the physical and psychological abuse of these Christian teen homes.

Evangelicals Launch Crusade to Adopt Children From Around the World

Posted on: Apr 24, 2011, Source: The Nation

Declaring a global "orphan crisis," US evangelicals ride to the rescue -- with unintended results.

Right-Wing Christian Pregnancy Centers Linked to Violence

Posted on: Nov 10, 2010, Source: Ms. Magazine

Women's health clinics located near Crisis Pregnancy Centers are far more likely to experience violence by anti-abortion forces.

The Right-Wing Think Tank Where Christine O' Donnell Learned Her ABCs of Homophobia

Posted on: Oct 13, 2010, Source: The Nation

The real story of Christine O'Donnell's time at the Claremont Institute is how thoroughly she absorbed its viciously antigay politics.

Right-Wing Religious United Front Against Women, Gays and Freedom From Religion

Posted on: Sep 27, 2010, Source: Religion Dispatches

Religious right-wing groups are uniting to fight the culture wars.

Women Soldiers Forced to Resort to Back-Alley Abortions: Why Are Their Reproductive Rights Denied?

Posted on: Dec 20, 2009, Source: Religion Dispatches

Thanks to anti-abortion forces in Congress and other culture warriors, female soldiers are not protected by the Constitution they defend.

Preying on the Desperate: The Religious Right's Adoption Racket

Posted on: Aug 28, 2009, Source: The Nation

Many Christian adoption agencies are far more concerned with artificially producing "orphans" for Christian parents to adopt, than helping birth parents care for wanted children.

My Womb for God's Purposes: The Perils of Unassisted Childbirth in the Quiverfull Movement

Posted on: Jul 22, 2009, Source: Religion Dispatches

Distrustful of experts, many Quiverfull followers are leaving childbirth to God. The recent death of a newborn, however, exposes a growing rift.

Biblical Battered Wife Syndrome: Christian Women and Domestic Violence

Posted on: Feb 1, 2009, Source: Religion Dispatches

Escaping an abusive marriage is no easy task for many evangelical women, many of whom have pastors that say physical abuse is no reason for divorce.

Women's 'Liberation' Through Submission: An Evangelical Anti-Feminism Is Born

Posted on: Jan 21, 2009, Source: Religion Dispatches

A disturbing number of Christian women are throwing their support behind the "patriarchy movement."

Catholics and Contraception

Posted on: Apr 24, 2008, Source: RH Reality Check

The Catholic church's anti-contraception stance continues to harm women around the world, even while the majority of Catholics reject it.

Christian Right's Demographic Nightmare: Muslims are "Out-Breeding" Whites

Posted on: Feb 18, 2008, Source: The Nation

Conservatives predict a catastrophe as white birthrates in the "West" fall. Their solution? Take away women's rights and compel reproduction.

'Arrows for the War'

Posted on: Nov 13, 2006, Source: The Nation

The Christian 'Quiverfull' movement measures a mother's spiritual resolve by the number of children she raises, each one an arrow in the quiver of God's army.