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Bell is a brilliant scholar with a mastery of history & law. I’m low key almost angry at the Anti-Wokeness crusaders who have cast such a pall over his work. Brilliant analysis deserving of the widest possible audience.

Chapter 14: "ADIEU TO KISSING DATING GOODBYE" -- on Joshua Harris, and the fallout of his contribution to purity culture

Chapter 12: "Homeschoolers Anonymous" -- on the blog of the same name, and the messiness of a "survivor community," as people make missteps, grow at different paces, and struggle to stay together (or don't).

Chapter 11: Girl in a Box: on James Dobson and Focus on the Family

"This book is dedicated to the memory of Sally Hemings, who was owned, raised, and subsequently used by Thomas Jefferson without benefit of ever drawing a single free breath."

This is exactly what I needed to see as I opened up this book.

Chapter 10: Survivor -- on C. J. Mahaney, Sovereign Grace Ministries, Joshua Harris, and more:

"Harris was supposed to preach the following Sunday morning and was weeping and told the assembled pastors he wanted to take responsibility... the pastoral team, “almost to a man,” spent the next few hours talking him out of the contrite sermon and instead into one to make the church feel better."

8: “Daughters of Stan” — LOL! The chapter title, the origin of which is explained in the chapter. Covers Dee Parsons and the genesis of her website The Wartburg Watch; Amy Smith, Prestonwood Baptist and John Langworthy, and Smiths website Watchkeep.

“It’s unsettling, the decision ‘to disown me, his daughter and her family, over a convicted sex offender’” (96).