Evangelical Writer Who Influenced Purity Culture, Announces Separation From Wife
Pastor Joshua Harris, who jump-started the "purity culture" movement, has announced that he and his wife are separating after 19 years of marriage. How might the news affect the evangelical community?
Joshua Harris, one of the most influential voices on sex and relationships for a generation of evangelical Christians, announced this past week that he and his wife are separating after 19 years of marriage.
Harris's book, I Kissed Dating Goodbye, was published in 1997 when he was in his early 20s. It became a manual for young evangelicals looking for love.
In recent years, Harris has apologized for some of the ideas he promoted and publicly wrestled with them in a documentary.
In an interview with NPR last year, Harris talked about going through that process with his wife Shannon.
"I think it's made
