Bad pastors
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A range of perspectives and data on pastoral abuse, investigating sexual and financial misconduct, and political and personal abuse of authority. Rather than focusing on individuals, it investigates whether the foundation for malfeasance is inherent in religious organizations themselves.
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 volume investigates whether the foundation for clergy malfeasance is inherent in religious organizations themselves, stemming from hierarchies of power in which trusted leaders have the ability to define reality, control behavior, and even offer or withhold the promise of immortality. Arguing that such phenomena arise out of organizational structures, the contributors do not focus on one particular religion, but rather treat these incidents from an interfaith perspective.
Bad Pastors moves beyond individual case studies to consider a broad range of issues surrounding clergy misconduct, from violence against women to the role of charisma and abuse of power in new religious movements. Highlighting similarities between other forms of abuse, such as domestic violence, the volume helps us to conceptualize and understand clergy misconduct in new ways.
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Taal: en
Bindwijze: Paperback
Oorspronkelijke releasedatum: 01 augustus 2000
Aantal pagina's: 256
Illustraties: Nee
Hoofdauteur: Anson Shupe
Tweede Auteur: Anson D. Shupe
Hoofdredacteur: Anson D. Shupe
Tweede Redacteur: William A. Stacey
Co Redacteur: Susan E. Darnell
Hoofduitgeverij: New York University Press
Extra groot lettertype: Nee
Product breedte: 152 mm
Product lengte: 229 mm
Studieboek: Nee
Verpakking breedte: 151 mm
Verpakking hoogte: 17 mm
Verpakking lengte: 226 mm
Verpakkingsgewicht: 372 g
EAN: 9780814781470