Abusing Religion : : Literary Persecution, Sex Scandals, and American Minority Religions /

Abusing Religion : : Literary Persecution, Sex Scandals, and American Minority Religions / / Megan Goodwin.

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Sex abuse happens in all communities, but American minority religions often face disproportionate allegations of sexual abuse. Why, in a country that consistently fails to acknowledge—much less address—the sexual abuse of women and children, do American religious outsiders so often face allegations...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2020 English
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Goodwin, Megan,
Place / Publishing House:New Brunswick, NJ : : Rutgers University Press, , [2020]
©2020
Year of Publication:2020
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (238 p.) :; None
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • INTRODUCTION. Contraceptive Nationalism
  • 1. AMERICA’S CONTRACEPTIVE MENTALITY
  • Part 1. SEX, ABUSE, AND THE SATANIC PANIC
  • 2. SATAN SELLERS
  • 3. BELIEVE THE CHILDREN?
  • Part 2. SEX, ABUSE, AND AMERICAN ISLAMOPHOBIA
  • 4. DARK RELIGION FOR DARK PEOPLE
  • 5. THE WAR AT HOME
  • Part 3. SEX, ABUSE, AND MORMON FUNDAMENTALISM
  • 6. FROM SHORT CREEK TO ZION
  • 7. THIS IS NOT ABOUT RELIGION
  • CONCLUSION. Religion, Sex, Abuse
  • EPILOGUE. Religion Trains Us Like Roses
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • NOTES
  • SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • INDEX
  • ABOUT THE AUTHOR

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