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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Table of Contents:
- Contents; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction: Recognizing Clergy Malfeasanceand Abrogation of Religious Authority; pa r t i How Shall We Name It?; 2 Issues in Conceptualizing Clergy Malfeasance; 3 Narratives of Sexual Danger: A ComparativePerspective on the Emergence of theClergy Sexual Violation Scandal; 4 Has the Silence Been Shattered or Does a HolyHush Still Prevail? Defining Violence againstWomen within Christian Churches; 5 Guide to Enlightenment of Strayed Shepherds?The Problems of Claimed Clergy Malfeasancein Interreligious Perspective
- pa r t i i Responding to Accusations ofClergy Malfeasance6 Charisma, Male Entitlement, and the Abuseof Power; 7 The Politics of a Sexual Harassment Case; 8 Is Abuse about Truth or Story . . . or Both? OneIntentional Community's Painful Experienceswith False Accusations; pa r t i i i Monitoring Clergy Malfeasance; 9 How Much Clergy Malfeasance Is Really OutThere? A Victimization Survey ofPrevalence and Perceptions; 10 Clergy Malfeasance, Victimization, and National/Local Awareness: Their Effects on ChurchAttendance and Financial Giving; pa r t i v Epilogue and Overview
- 11 Incidence and Impact of Childhood Sexual Abuse12 The Future of Clergy Abuse/Malfeasance Research; Contributors; Index