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Index
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A
abstinence-only education, 8–10, 21–22, 25, 76, 276n, 278
failure of, 25–26, 27, 195n, 278
federal funds for, 22, 22n, 26
Abstinence Study Bible, 23
Act of Marriage, The (LaHaye and LaHaye), 135, 137–39, 137n
Acts 29 Network, 19
addictions and substance abuse, 172, 211
Adolescent Family Life Act (AFLA), 22n
AIDS epidemic, 22
altar call, 18, 18n, 38, 58, 280
Anti-Christ, 63–64
anxiety
anxiety disorders, 171, 219
church’s messages on gender and sexuality and, 7, 33, 183–84, 186, 187–88, 191–92
panic attacks and, 169–70, 177–78, 218–19, 240
panic attacks and sexual activity, 197
Assemblies of God churches, 19
Aune, Kristin, 116
B
Bakker, Jay, 156
Bakker, Jim and Tammy Faye, 156
Bar Church (experimental church), 155–56
Bible
literal interpretation of, 162
reading of, 39
on sin, 158
stumbling blocks and, 3, 29–30
See also specific passages
Bible Institute of Los Angeles (Biola), 104
Bible study, 6, 39, 145, 164, 271
Bob Jones University, 281, 281n
body shame, 4, 8, 91–92, 153, 217, 234, 235
embodiment gratitude practice, 289–90
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