Purity Culture – The Shiloh Project

Sexual abuse in the context of Christian purity culture in Britain

by Johanna Stiebert on June 2, 2024

Today's post is by Chrissie Thwaites, a PhD student in sociology of religion at the University of Leeds (UK). Chrissie's research is funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC/UKRI). You can follow her on

Spotlight! Caroline Blyth

by Johanna Stiebert on April 25, 2024

Routledge Focus Series: Rape Culture, Religion and the Bible Caroline is one of the founding directors of The Shiloh Project

Why we need to address purity culture in the UK

by Johanna Stiebert on July 27, 2021

Today’s post is by Elle Thwaites, a PhD candidate at the University of Leeds researching purity culture. Purity culture and

DEADLINE EXTENSION- call for papers

by Emma Nagouse on March 19, 2018

Many of our members (including our conference organising team) have been on strike over the last month as part of

Rape Culture Discourse and Female Impurity: Genesis 34 as a Case Study

by Jessica Keady on October 5, 2017

Jessica M. Keady graduated from the University of Manchester and is Lecturer in Theology and Religious Studies at the University

Rape Culture in the Christian Church

by Valerie Hobbs on June 19, 2017

A blog post entitled ‘She Only Said “Yes” Once’ recently made its way around Christian circles. In the post, Pastor Reggie Osborne laments the state of sex education in the United States and argues instead