Prayer and Private Parts: Navigating Sexuality after Purity Culture
There are widespread assumptions that religion in general is “good” or at least “harmless”. Yet people are seriously hurt by religious doctrines and practices every day. Certain aspects of high control religious teachings cause harm that is physical, sexual, mental, and emotional. The aim of this workshop is to address the ways that personal psychology interacts with the religious teachings of purity and abstinence that create suffering that is properly called “trauma”.
This workshop is offered asynchronously and the first Module will be shared Monday, March 10, 2025.
There are widespread assumptions that religion in general is “good” or at least “harmless”. Yet people are seriously hurt by religious doctrines and practices every day. Certain aspects of high control religious teachings cause harm that is physical, sexual, mental, and emotional. The aim of this workshop is to address the ways that personal psychology interacts with the religious teachings of purity and abstinence that create suffering that is properly called “trauma”.
This workshop is offered asynchronously and the first Module will be shared Monday, March 10, 2025.
There are widespread assumptions that religion in general is “good” or at least “harmless”. Yet people are seriously hurt by religious doctrines and practices every day. Certain aspects of high control religious teachings cause harm that is physical, sexual, mental, and emotional. The aim of this workshop is to address the ways that personal psychology interacts with the religious teachings of purity and abstinence that create suffering that is properly called “trauma”.
This workshop is offered asynchronously and the first Module will be shared Monday, March 10, 2025.