A TLC reality show mainstreamed a fringe quiverfull movement

Evidence

The Quiverfull movement remained a relatively small faction within conservative Protestantism, numbering only in the low tens of thousands. But the popularity of the Duggar family’s 19 Kids and Counting TLC reality show, which ran from 2008 to 2015, introduced Quiverfull values to the larger American public. — Kristin Kobes Du Mez, Jesus and John Wayne, 432

Categorization

  • XREF: Connects to the reader’s interest in how media platforms (reality TV) enlarge what were tiny doctrinal factions — parallels the radio/preacher transmission in earlier chapters of this same book.