In the Name of All That's Holy - A Theory of Clergy Malfeasance

Anson Shupe is a sociologist who has studied extensively the problem of clergy (priests, ministers, rabbis, gurus) who take advantage sexually or financially of members of their churches and groups-from televangelists like Jim Bakker or Robert Tilton to the infamous Father James Porter who sexually molested at least 200 children. Shupe's focus is not on the psychological motives of these miscreants, but rather on the reaction to their actions by the perpetrators themselves, by the organizations, and by the victims.

Anson Shupe is a sociologist who has studied extensively the problem of clergy (priests, ministers, rabbis, gurus) who take advantage sexually or financially of members of their churches and groups-from televangelists like Jim Bakker or Robert Tilton to the infamous Father James Porter who sexually molested at least 200 children. Shupe's focus is not on the psychological motives of these miscreants, but rather on the reaction to their actions by the perpetrators themselves, by the organizations, and by the victims.

List of contents

Religion, Sociology, and the Scandal of Clergy Malfeasance
Conflict and Power: Toward a Theory of Clergy Malfeasance
Structural Contexts of Perpetration
Organizational Responses to Perpetration
Victimization, Empowerment, and Policy
The Social Profile of Clergy Malfeasance
References
Index

About the author

Anson Shupe is a coauthor of Televangelism: Power and Politics on God’s Frontier, The New Vigilantes, and The Mormon CorporateEmpire. He is also Associate Professor of Sociology at Indiana University-Purdue University.

ANSON SHUPE is a Professor of Sociology at the joint campus of Indiana State University-Purdue University at Fort Wayne, IN.Shupe is the author of numerous books and articles on family violence, religious movements and issues, and criminology/deviance as applied to religion.

Product details

• Authors: Anson Shupe
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 7 to 17
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 25.04.1995
• EAN: 9780275946807
• ISBN: 978-0-275-94680-7
• No. of pages: 192
• Weight: 482 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Humanities (general); SOCIAL SCIENCE / General, Religion / Christian Church / General, RELIGION / Christian Theology / General, RELIGION / Christianity / General, RELIGION / Psychology of Religion, Religion: general, Theology, Christianity, Christian theology, Social issues & processes, Behavioural theory (Behaviourism), Social and ethical issues, Behaviourism, Behavioural theory, Religious institutions and organizations, Religious institutions & organizations, PSYCHOLOGY / Psychotherapy / Behaviorism, Religion: Politics