Biblical Porn: Affect, Labor, and Pastor Mark Driscoll's Evangelical Empire is a 2018 book by Jessica Johnson about the culture of Mars Hill Church under the leadership of Mark Driscoll. Johnson is an anthropologist at the University of Washington in Seattle. The book uses research techniques including interviews with church leaders and members during the existence of the church. Publishers Weekly said it provided "seething critiques" of the male-focused, "muscular Christianity" espoused by the church but was "more an ethnography than a exposé of a megachurch's downfall".Nonfiction book review - Biblical Porn: Affect, Labor, and Pastor Mark Driscoll’s Evangelical Empire by Jessica Johnson, Publishers Weekly, May 2018 Foreword Reviews said it displayed "deep insight and an absence of judgment". A local Seattle review described it as a reminder of "toxic Christian masculinity" during a largely forgotten episode that is "almost impossible now to describe ... to someone who is new to Seattle".Paul Constant, The name of the wicked will rot, Seattle Review of Books, May 22, 2018 The author herself described the Seattle area as "definitely not immune to any of this" despite Seattle's "image" as progressive and irreligious.The Record, KUOW Seattle radio, May 23, 2018 (starts at 35:00)
See also Anthropology of religion New religious movements in the Pacific Northwest
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