Homeschooled to Hell and Back

Evangelicalism tore my family apart; death brought us back together

Shanley Harruthoonyan
Human Parts
Published in
12 min readJul 7, 2018

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IfIf I could trace the years of my childhood in the warm, Sacramento sun back to a single name, it would be R.J. Rushdoony — the father of Christian Reconstructionism, and, by many people’s definition, the strongest inspiration for the modern Christian homeschool movement.

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Shanley Harruthoonyan
Human Parts

Systems change entrepreneur. Human rights advocate. Mama. Wife.