Live Laugh Love Quotes

“Moral Re-Armament—”
― Kristin Kobes Du Mez, Live Laugh Love: The Secret History of White Christian Women and the World They Made

“Graham’s funders received a sizable return on investment. Its board stacked with powerful businessmen”
― Kristin Kobes Du Mez, Live Laugh Love: The Secret History of White Christian Women and the World They Made

“Which is to say, before the Access Hollywood story broke, evangelicals were accustomed to dismissing allegations of abuse, blaming victims, and protecting the authority of powerful men. They had been discipled by their own leaders to respond in exactly this way.”
― Kristin Kobes Du Mez, Live Laugh Love: The Secret History of White Christian Women and the World They Made

“Teaching women to submit to men, nurturing a fear of outsiders, and insulating members from external accountability, evangelicals have created totalizing systems that shield perpetrators and silence victims.”
― Kristin Kobes Du Mez, Live Laugh Love: The Secret History of White Christian Women and the World They Made

“a feminine world-within-a-world where confessing weakness was a precondition for power; the darker a woman’s past, the stronger her claim to spiritual authority. It was a delicate balancing act, but women who perfected the performance achieved celebrity status rivaling or even eclipsing that of prominent megachurch pastors. Their power was precarious, but their influence over other women immense.16”
― Kristin Kobes Du Mez, Live Laugh Love: The Secret History of White Christian Women and the World They Made

“Within a totalizing system, the nature of the threat mattered less than the presence of one.”
― Kristin Kobes Du Mez, Live Laugh Love: The Secret History of White Christian Women and the World They Made