Melissa Duge Speirs- Holy Disobedience

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In this episode, Stephanie Warren interviews Melissa Duge Speirs about her debut memoir 'Holy Disobedience' and the impact of her upbringing in a Seventh-day Adventist environment.

Send us Fan Mail SUPPORT THE PODCAST I am on substack where you can get more of my perspective and story. I have to keep the lights on somehow and supporting my substack supports my podcast. In this episode, I sit down with Melissa Duge Speirs to talk about her debut memoir Holy Disobedience, releasing March 31. Melissa shares what it was like growing up in a Seventh-day Adventist environment shaped by end-times fear, behavioral control, and purity culture, and how that framework shaped every...

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Host: Stephanie Warren

Guest: Melissa Duge Speirs

Topics covered

• memoir
• faith
• purity culture
• end-times fear
• behavioral control

Keywords

• memoir
• Holy Disobedience
• Seventh-day Adventist
• purity culture
• end-times fear

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Organizations: Seventh-day Adventist

Books & works: Holy Disobedience

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