2012 ICSA Meeting Links and Additional Info

The Popularity of Evangelical Christian Patriarchy in the US:

The Vilification and Abuse of Women and Children

(Presentation at the 2012 International Cultic Studies Association Conference in Montreal)

~ A list of links to accompany the presentation ~

 

Click here to view the powerpont presentation at Sliceshare.com

ICSA 2012 Annual Meeting Presentation on Evangelical Christian Patriarchy from Cynthia Kunsman

COMPLEMENTARIANISM

Websites:

• Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood (CBMW) & The Danvers Statement
  • Defense of the Danvers Statement (They need a 576 page tome ???)
• Egalitarianism: Christians for Biblical Equality International
  • Free articles listed under 'Resources'

Religious News Sources:

• EthicsDaily (ethicsdaily.com)
  • Southern Baptist Leaders' Comments Echo 'Biblical Patriarchy' Theology
  • Professor's Views on Spouse Abuse Don't Square with SBC Statements
• Associated Baptist Press (abpnews.com)
  • Christians Demand Apology for Anti-Woman Teaching

Audio/Video:

• Clips from the Freedom for Christian Women Coalition Video Channel on YouTube presented to a Christian audience (youtube.com/user/FreeCWC):
  • Very Brief Overview of Complementarianism: Demi-gods and Spiritual Mediators: No Wife Cometh Unto the Father But By Her Husband First
  • Why Discussing the Danvers Statement is Relevant
  • Lifton's Thought Reform: What it Looks Like in Complementarianism and Churches. Link to Part I HERE. Link to Part II HERE.
  • Entire presentations hosted on the FreeCWC Vimeo Channel (vimeo.com/channels/freecwc)
• John Piper's advice regarding domestic violence on YouTube: What Should A Wife's Submission To Her Husband Look Like If He's An Abuser?

• Paige Patterson: (President of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary) Advice to Victims of Domestic Abuse at the Internet Archive
• Podcast: Feminism in Your Church and Home with Russell Moore, Randy Stinson, and C.J. Mahaney

Selected Books:

• Women in Ministry: Four Views (Clouse & Clouse, editors)
• Pro Complementartianism:
  • Recovering Biblical Manhood and Womanhood: A Response to Evangelical Feminism (Piper & Grudem, editors)
  • Evangelical Feminism: A New Path to Liberalism? (Grudem)
  • The Feminist Mistake: The Radical Impact of Feminism on Church and Culture (Kassian)
  • Created to be His Helpmeet: Discover How God Can Make Your Marriage Glorious (Pearl)

• Contra Complementarianism:
  • Concerning the genesis of complementarinism, its primary errors, and its spread through the seminary system – Jesus and the Father: Modern Evangelicals Reinvent the Doctrine of the Trinity (Giles)
  • Discovering Biblical Equality: Complementarity Without Hierarchy (Pierce, Groothius & Fee)
  • Why Not Women (Cunningham & Hamilton)
  • Woman This Is War: Gender, Slavery & the Evangelical Caste System (**contact me for a free, downloadable copy) and Woman Submit: Christians and Domestic Violence (Andersen)

Online Writings:

• Critiques
  • Critiquing the Danvers Statement on UnderMuchGrace.com
  • Dr. Robert McGreggor Wright's impressive critique from the Pricilla Papers at CBEInterntional.org
  • Shirley Taylor's Response
• Freedom for Christian Women Coalition's Demand for an Apology from CBMW

INDEPENDENT FUNDAMENTAL BAPTIST BOOT CAMPS

• Link HERE to a more comprehensive list of specific links on UnderMuchGrace.com
• ABC's 20/20 Episode, “Shattered Faith,” Apr 2011
• Kathryn Joyce's August 2011 article in Mother Jones available online, now entitled Horror Stories from Tough Love Teen Homes
• Jeri Massi's podcast documentary series about The Lambs of Hephzbiah House (including interviews with survivors)
• Hidden Abuse in the Baptist Church Blog Talk Radio episodes concerning the IFB, their treatment of women, and an interview with Susan Grotte, a survivor of Hephzibah House
• CNN's Ungodly Discipline Series
  • Fairhaven Report
  • Hephzibah House
• Survivor Websites (See the bottom of this webpage for a more comprehensive list)
  •  (Susan Grotte's blogspot; This site includes copies of documents distributed to families by Ron Williams.)
  • Former Hephzibah Girls (Visit their links page for more links on activism.)
  • HephzibahHouse.com
  • Voices of the Past
• Cindy Foster's summary blog post
• HEAL Online (survivor and activism organization focused on the problem)
• IFB Sermons (Ron Williams)
  • The Correction and Salvation of Children
  • How to Raise a Strange Woman
• Tina Anderson's rape and the conviction of Ernest Willis, featured in the 20/20 Episode
  • Summary blog posts and links at UnderMuchGrace.com
• The Do Right BJU Protest on Facebook: Following the airing of the ABC 20/20 Episode concerning the problem of covering up sexual abuse within the IFB, Bob Jones University appointed the pastor who covered up the rape featured in the episode to their Cooperating Board. In protest, students and alumni joined in a protest by wearing red to chapel in December 2011. (See BJU's Tankmen of Tianamen Square at UnderMuchGrace.com) The student who organized the protest was expelled a few days before graduating. (Read Kicked Out of College for Watching Glee.)

HOMESCHOOLING'S BIBLICAL PATRIARCHY

• No Longer Quivering: Vyckie Garrison's website features personal accounts and helpful information

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  Kathryn Joyce's 2010 book, Quiverfull: Inside the Christian Patriarchy Movement

• Hillary McFarland's 2010 book, Quivering Daughters: Hope and Healing for the Daughters of Patriarchy

• Gina McGalliard's Houseproud: the Troubling Rise of Stay At Home Daughters (journal article)
  
  
• Fiction about the problem:  When Sparrows Fall by Meg Moseley

• 60 minute video of a Christian counter-cult presentation giving a detailed overview of the movement: Cindy Kunsman's presentation entitled The Development and Practice of Patriarchy at EMNR, March 2008

• First Time Obedience teachings of Voddie Baucham (Single Trial Discipline) discussed on UnderMuchGrace.com
  
  
• Overcoming Botkin Syndrome: A blog describing the enmeshment resulting from the teachings of the Botkin Family who are connected to Great Commission Ministries/Jim McCotter
  
  
• Vision Forum
  • VisionForum.com & VisionForumMinistries.org (One of the most organized groups that promote a most aggressive form of patriarchy within the evangelical Christian homeschooling movement.)
  • VisionaryDaughters.com (Site hoted by the daughter's of Geoffrey Botkin who was a long-time follower of Jim McCotter)
  • Geoffrey Botkin's website
  • List of critiques, on and offsite links, and information concerning Vision Forum at UnderMuchGrace.com
  • Rethinking Vision Forum website
  • Bill Gothard and Michael Pearl get together to disavow themselves of Doug Phillips, Geoff Botkin, and Vision Forum. Link to Part1 HERE and Part II HERE.
• Bill Gothard
  • BillGothard.com (Shepherding/Discipleship teacher from the sixties who launched a homeschooling specific movement in the early eighties)
  • List of critiques, on and offsite links, and information concerning Bill Gothard's system at UnderMuchGrace.com
  • Recovering Grace website

MICHAEL PEARL'S CHILD TRAINING METHOD

• Index to many of Pearl's TV appearances and additional key information in the media concerning Lydia Schatz at UnderMuchGrace.com
  • 
    Several posts featuring clips and transcripts from CNN's Ungodly Discipline series and Anderson Cooper's daytime TV show
  • Series on UnderMuchGrace.com concerning the implications of social psychology and how the Pearl mindset promotes abuse
  • Series of posts concerning child abuse related renal failure (rhabdomyolosis)
• Janet Heimlich's 2011 book, Breaking Their Will: Shedding Light on Religious Child Maltreatment
  • Janet's website
• TulipGirl.com
• WhyNotTrainAChild.com
• Scita > Scienta's free, downloadable book, Parenting in the Name of God: No Greater Joy Ministries and the Bible