The Institute for Basic Life Principles

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Rush Doonie provides the foundation, but then another man takes his ideas and brings them further into the mainstream to families like the Duggar's. He founded a group called the Institute for Basic Life Principles. The answers that he offered were structured around a very conservative, even reactionary interpretation of the Bible. It involved teaching patriarchal authority. As long as we're under these umbrellas of protection, Satan cannot get through with destructive temptations.

A group of evangelical Christians raised their children to become influential in the White House, on Capitol Hill, and in the Supreme Court. Now, as adults, the "Joshua generation" are reckoning with their upbringing.

This episode was produced by Victoria Chamberlin with help from Siona Peterous, edited by Amina Al-Sadi, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Patrick Boyd, and hosted by Noel King.

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