"This book is extremely valuable. Shupe et al. have done an
excellent job...highly recommended; it is a must-read."--"Criminal
Justice Review"
""Bad Pastors" raises all the good questions and provides many
hypothetical answers, and for these reasons alone it should be read
by all sociologists of religion with an interest in
wrongdoings."
--"Sociology of Religion"
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 otherforms
of abuse, such as domestic violence, the volume helps us to
conceptualize and understand clergy misconduct in new ways.
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