Bad Pastors : : Clergy Misconduct in Modern America /

Bad Pastors : : Clergy Misconduct in Modern America / / ed. by Anson D. Shupe, William A. Stacey, Susan E. Darnell.

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Child-molesting priests, embezzled church treasures, philandering ministers and rabbis, even church-endorsed pyramid schemes that defraud gullible parishioners of millions of dollars: for the past decade, clergy misconduct has seemed continually to be in the news. Is there something about religious...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter New York University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013
MitwirkendeR:
Bromley, David G.,
Cress, Clinton H.,
Darnell, Susan E.,
Greeley, Andrew M.,
Iadicola, Peter,
Jacobs, Janet L.,
Nason-Clark, Nancy,
Shupe, Anson,
Spickard, James V.,
Stacey, William A.,
Stockton, Ronald R.,
Trott, Jon,
HerausgeberIn:
Darnell, Susan E.,
Shupe, Anson D.,
Stacey, William A.,
Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2000]
©2000
Year of Publication:2000
Language:English
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1 Introduction: Recognizing Clergy Malfeasance and Abrogation of Religious Authority
  • Part I How Shall We Name It?
  • 2 Issues in Conceptualizing Clergy Malfeasance
  • 3 Narratives of Sexual Danger: A Comparative Perspective on the Emergence of the Clergy Sexual Violation Scandal
  • 4 Has the Silence Been Shattered or Does a Holy Hush Still Prevail? Defining Violence against Women within Christian Churches
  • 5 Guide to Enlightenment of Strayed Shepherds? The Problems of Claimed Clergy Malfeasance in Interreligious Perspective
  • Part II Responding to Accusations of Clergy Malfeasance
  • 6 Charisma, Male Entitlement, and the Abuse of Power
  • 7 The Politics of a Sexual Harassment Case
  • 8 Is Abuse about Truth or Story . . . or Both? One Intentional Community’s Painful Experiences with False Accusations
  • Part III Monitoring Clergy Malfeasance
  • 9 How Much Clergy Malfeasance Is Really Out There? A Victimization Survey of Prevalence and Perceptions
  • 10 Clergy Malfeasance, Victimization, and National/ Local Awareness: Their Effects on Church Attendance and Financial Giving
  • Part IV Epilogue and Overview
  • 11 Incidence and Impact of Childhood Sexual Abuse
  • 12 The Future of Clergy Abuse/Malfeasance Research
  • Contributors
  • Index

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