At the heart of [all these]…critiques is the work of Kathryn Joyce, the self-described \u201csecular, feminist journalist\u201d\u009d and author of The Child Catchers, who is again decrying the evangelical adoption movement, this time in the pages of \u201cThe New York Times.\u201d\u009d<\/p>\n
In her article, Joyce again paints the picture of evangelical adoption as a well-intentioned, but misguided, movement that exacerbates corruption and harms children around the world. It is a perspective I was first introduced to after reading Joyce\u2019s \u201cMother Jones\u201d\u009d article (\u201cOrphan Fever: The Evangelical Movement\u2019s Adoption Obsession\u201d\u009d). I responded to her article at \u201cOn Faith and Culture\u201d\u009d:<\/p>\n
\u201cIn the end, Kathryn Joyce curses the darkness without lighting a candle. She attempts to pour cold water on the Christian adoption movement, but her ideas for actually solving the orphan crisis that now affects more than 100 million children are more than lacking; they\u2019re non-existent. We should expect more from even an unashamedly partisan publication like Mother Jones. Not to mention a writer who recently published a 352-page book on the subject. \u201c<\/p>\n