Talking Back to Purity Culture | Rachel Joy Welcher

Preacher Boys Podcast

Eric Skwarczynski

Documentary, Society & Culture, Religion & Spirituality, True Crime, Christianity

4.6 • 701 Ratings

🗓️ 21 April 2021

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Rachel Joy Welcher (MLit, University of St. Andrews) is a columnist and editor at Fathom Magazine. She is the author of two books of poetry: Blue Tarp and Two Funerals, Then Easter. Her writing has appeared in Fathom Magazine, The Gospel Coalition, Mere Orthodoxy, Relevant, and The Englewood Review of Books. Her book, Talking Back to Purity Culture: Rediscovering Faithful Christian Sexuality releases from InterVarsity Press Nov. 10th, 2020. She lives in Glenwood, Iowa, with her husband, pastor and author, Evan Welcher.

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0:00.0	Trigger warning. This podcast contains descriptions of various abusive situations. Listener discretion is
0:07.3	advised. You are listening to the Preacher Boys podcast, a podcast shedding light on decades of
0:13.9	mental, physical, and sexual abuse within the independent fundamental Baptist movement.
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0:45.7	Doc. Now, here is your host, Eric Squarsensky.
0:51.2	Hey, everybody, welcome back to another episode of the Preacher Boys podcast. On today's episode,
0:55.9	I'm sitting down with Rachel Joy Welcher. She's a columnist and editor at Fatham Magazine
1:01.4	and the author of two books of poetry, Blue Tarp, and two funerals, then Easter. Her writing
1:07.0	has appeared in Fathom Magazine, The Gospel Coalition, Mere Orthodoxy, Relevant, and the Englewood Review of Books.
1:14.0	Her book, which we'll be talking about a lot today, talking back to purity culture, rediscovering faithful Christian sexuality, released back in November of 2020, and it's absolutely phenomenal.
1:24.6	I could not put it down, and I'm so excited to share my conversation with Rachel.
1:28.3	She brings in some incredible points about purity culture, the way that Christians tend to view sex and how they teach about it and the importance of community and discussions like these.
1:37.8	So definitely stay tuned all the way through the end.
1:40.0	She gets some amazing tips and definitely, definitely, pick up a copy of talking back to purity culture.
1:46.6	It's available right now.
1:47.9	Just head over to the show notes.
1:49.1	I've got a link to it right now on Amazon where you can pick it up.
1:51.9	It is an amazing book and what worth your time.
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