Onward Christian Soldiers: Obedience
From Extremely American by NPR
July 10, 2024 · 34 min · Season 2 · Episode 4
About this episode
The episode explores the life of Helen Shores Peters, who was raised in a patriarchal Christian environment and faced challenges in her marriage and obedience to men.
Helen Shores Peters was a true believer in patriarchal Christianity. She learned to be submissive to men in a fundamentalist school, got married at 20 and lived the life of an obedient wife for years. But eventually things started going terribly wrong. To manage podcast ad preferences, review the links below: See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
People in this episode
Host: NPR
Topics covered
- patriarchal Christianity
- submission
- fundamentalism
- marriage
- obedience
- personal struggle
Keywords
- patriarchy
- Christianity
- submission
- fundamentalist school
- obedient wife
- personal journey
- marriage struggles
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