How History Shaped Evangelical Womanhood
A conversation with Sara Moslener, scholar of religion, gender, and racial discrimination.
Today over on In Polite Company I share a conversation with Sara Moslener, a lecturer at Central Michigan University, where she teaches the history of religion and racial discrimination in the United States. Moslener is also the author of Virgin Nation: Sexual Purity and American Adolescence. Her current research, The After Purity Project, draws upon 65 interviews with people who’ve grown up and out of evangelical purity culture. Many of these stories will soon appear in her second book, After Purity: How White Christian Nationalism Exploits Race, Sex, and Religion.
I first spoke to Moslener years ago, when writing a feature for Cosmopolitan. We talked recently as I was sorting through how to place the stories in my upcoming book, Disobedient Women, in historical context. She made plenty of book recommendations, which I’ll share too.
This interview has been condensed.
Sara Moslener, Central Michigan University, author of Virgin Nation, researcher behind The After Purity Project
