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Quiverfull is a Christian theological position that sees large families as a blessing from God. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It encourages procreation, abstaining from all forms of birth control , natural family planning , and sterilization reversal . [ 4 ]
In addition to adherence to the Bible and their idea of Christian ideals, the IBLP considers men, in particular the patriarch of a family, to be superior, whereas women are expected to be more submissive to the head of the house, whether that be their father or husband. This includes in the home, school, workplace, and marriage.
Stemming from ideas from the Quiverfull movement, some Protestants such as Bill Gothard advocate for couples to undergo sterilization reversal surgery, while Brad and Dawn Irons of Blessed Arrows Sterilization Reversal Ministry advocate for Quiverfull ideas while providing funding, physician referrals, and support to Protestants wishing to ...
Among Christian denominations today there are a large variety of positions towards contraception that range from the acceptance of birth control to only allowing natural family planning to teaching Quiverfull doctrine, which holds that Christians should have large families.
Among Christian denominations today, however, there is a large variety of views regarding birth control that range from the acceptance of birth control to only allowing natural family planning to teaching Quiverfull doctrine, which disallows contraception and holds that Christians should have large families. [3] [4]
In an article published in the Journal of Religion and Popular Culture, Christy Mesaros-Winckles described the Duggars as "unofficial spokespeople for the Quiverfull movement". Referring to the first season of the show, Mesaros-Winckles said that the Duggars introduced themselves and their religious beliefs with the "subtle and disturbing ...
Garrison co-founded the blog No Longer Quivering, an online resource for women leaving Quiverfull or similar movements, in 2009.In her first blog, on March 12, 2009, she writes "to those godly, dedicated Christians" who know her from her articles and testimonies that appeared in various Christian homeschool publications, to explain why she has left the movement.
A new religious movement (NRM) is a religious, ethical, or spiritual group or community with practices of relatively modern [clarification needed] origins. NRMs may be novel in origin or they may exist on the fringes of a wider religion, in which case they will be distinct from pre-existing denominations.