Cult Expert Dr Steven Hassan
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Fear and Faith: The Dark Truth About Christian Homeschooling
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1:00:57Now PlayingHomeschooling is a breeding ground for unchecked abuse, authoritarian parenting, and evangelical extremism. In this powerful episode of Cults, Culture, and Coercion, Dr. Steven Hassan sits down with child liberation theologian and advocate Ryan Stollar to expose the hidden risks in Christian homeschooling communities and the systems that enable trauma.
Ryan Stollar, co-founder of Homeschoolers Anonymous and author of The Kingdom of Children: A Liberation Theology, shares his personal journey of being raised in a toxic evangelical homeschool environment to becoming a nationally recognized child-protection advocate. Together, Dr. Hassan and Ryan Stollar break down the intersections of mind control, corporal punishment, child abuse, religious trauma, Christian nationalism, and cultic dynamics inside insular homeschooling movements.
This episode sheds light on:
- How authoritarian homeschooling cultures use undue influence and totalistic control
- Why homeschool environments often avoid mandatory reporters, increasing the risk of hidden abuse
- The theology and culture that normalize corporal punishment, fear-based obedience, and purity culture
- How children in evangelical settings are groomed to become “soldiers for Christ”
- The role of Christian nationalism, rapture ideology, and apocalyptic fear in shaping family systems
- Paths to healing religious trauma, rebuilding identity, and understanding coercive control
- Practical reforms, like the Make Homeschool SAFE Act, that could protect vulnerable children
- Ryan’s groundbreaking framework for child liberation theology
- Why online communities like Homeschoolers Anonymous became lifelines for survivors
Whether you’re a survivor, parent, educator, therapist, or simply someone seeking to understand the hidden world of extremist homeschooling, this interview provides crucial insight into the cultural systems that create harm and how we can change them.
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