Bad Pastors : : Clergy Misconduct in Modern America / / edited by Anson Shupe, William A. Stacey, and Susan E. Darnell.
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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| Place / Publishing House: | New York ;, London : : New York University Press,, [2000] ©2000 |
| Year of Publication: | 2000 |
| Language: | English |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (268 p.) |
| Notes: | Description based upon print version of record. |
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| Summary: | 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 organizations that fosters such misbehavior? Bad Pastors presents a range of new perspectives and solidly grounded data on pastoral abuse, investigating sexual misconduct, financial improprieties, and political and personal abuse of authority. Rather than focusing on individuals who misbehave, the v |
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| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0814708501 0814786693 |
| Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
| Statement of Responsibility: | edited by Anson Shupe, William A. Stacey, and Susan E. Darnell. |