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quiverfull

quiverfull

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A Christian movement that teaches having many children is a blessing
  • noun
  • /ˈkwɪvərfəl/
: movimiento quiverfull
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Examples

  • My issue is with nontheists who don't distinguish between movements like Quiverfull and mainstream Christianity, and instead categorize all religious families as oppressive in order to bash religion.

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  • I do think the Quiverfull movement is cultish.

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  • Look at the Quiverfull movement.

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  • Garrison adds a postscript written recently, years after she left the Quiverfull movement and her abusive husband, admitting that even that wasn't as extreme as what she truly believed at the time.

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  • Editorial and commentary on the dark, hyper-fundamentalist side of the Christian faith, including movements such as Patriarchy, Quiverfull, Courtship, neo-conservative Christian Homeschooling, Family Integrated Churches, the Religious Right, and more.

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  • The Quiverfull movement emphasizes the belief that children are blessings from God.

  • Many families who identify as Quiverfull often choose to have large families as part of their faith.

  • Being part of the Quiverfull movement means embracing the idea that having many children is a religious duty.

Surface Forms

quiverfull singular
quiverfulls plural

Morphology

quiverfull = quiver + full (semi-transparent) = quiver + full

Derived from the compound 'quiver full' used metaphorically in scripture; the components are clear but the specialised movement meaning requires cultural/religious knowledge.

Etymology

Quiverfull as a noun names a Christian movement and comes from a Bible line that compares children to arrows in a full quiver. So the quiverfull movement teaches that having many children is a sign of blessing.