Quiverfull

The Bortels form part of the "quiverfull" movement, a small but growing conservative Protestant group that eschews all forms of birth control and believes that family planning is exclusively God's domain. ❋ Unknown (2007)

I'm afraid what's really going on here is a tie-in with the fundamentalist "quiverfull" movement, a very disturbing marketing of conception that plays on the hopes and fears of fears of people about their ability to care for children in a very slick and powerful way. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The name "quiverfull" comes from the Old Testament, Psalm 127: 3-5. ❋ Unknown (2009)

(Heck, I read a quiverfull blog and one couple only has one adopted child.) ❋ Unknown (2009)

The quiverfull movement is more a conflagration of various strains of American culture than it is adherence to biblical principle. ❋ Nomad (2009)

I haven't and there are a lot of big families in my circle of friends not necessarily quiverfull. ❋ Nomad (2009)

| Reply | Permalink yes. and, wanna get really freaked out? go do a google search for "quiverfull movement." ❋ Unknown (2009)

Author, quiverfull mother of ten, and Pastor's wife Stacy McDonald is training up her daughters in the ways of the Lord. ❋ SeattleDan (2009)

They would have us all be a quiverfull society, yet as the case of Ms. ❋ Renee (2009)

One commentator on my quiverfull essay claimed that the Duggars were "brainwashed." ❋ Unknown (2009)

One thing that stuck out for me in the landscape of hysterical comments at the NPR site about how the quiverfull movement is going to ruin the country and the world was that still small voice in one comment that said, ever seen a non-white quiverfull family? ❋ Nomad (2009)

My concern is that with the economy worsening, how is that going to affect these quiverfull families? ❋ Annie C (2008)

The Carpenters are what some have described as "back-to-the-land" Christians, typical among the quiverfull community. ❋ Unknown (2007)

These activities have encouraged more discussion of quiverfull ideas among conservative Christians. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Back in 1995, when the quiverfull. com Web site was founded, it had only 12 subscribers; today, the site, which is administered by the Bortels, has more than 2,600. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Some prominent quiverfull followers have recently helped raise the movement's profile. ❋ Unknown (2007)

It has sold about 80,000 copies and has inspired many quiverfull families. ❋ Unknown (2007)

"What quiverfull looks like is a group of Protestants who are more Catholic than the Catholics," says John Green, a senior fellow at the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Did you see that quiverfull family on [TLC] last night? They had, like, [twenty] [kids]! ❋ LovleAnjel (2008)