|
Showing 1 - 8 of
8 matches in All Departments
This book offers an academically rigorous examination of the
biological, psychological, social and ecclesiastical processes that
allowed sexual abuse in the Catholic Church to happen and then be
covered up. The collected essays provide a means to better assess
systemic wrongdoing in religious institutions, so that they can be
more effectively held to account. An international team of
contributors apply a necessarily multi-disciplinary approach to
this difficult subject. Chapters look closely at the sexual abuse
of minors by Roman Catholic clerics, explaining the complexity of
this issue, which cannot be reduced to simple misconduct, sexual
deviation, or a management failure alone. The book will help the
reader to better understand the social, organizational, and
cultural processes in the Church over recent decades, as well as
the intricate world of beliefs, moral rules, and behaviours. It
concludes with some strategies for change at the individual and
corporate levels that will better ensure safeguarding within the
Catholic Church and its affiliate institutions. This multifaceted
study gives a nuanced analysis of this huge organizational failure
and offers recommendations for effective ways of preventing it in
the future. As such, it will be of keen interest to scholars of
Religious Studies, Sociology of Religion, Psychology, Psychiatry,
Legal Studies, Ethics, Anthropology, Cultural Studies, History, and
Theology.
This book offers an academically rigorous examination of the
biological, psychological, social and ecclesiastical processes that
allowed sexual abuse in the Catholic Church to happen and then be
covered up. The collected essays provide a means to better assess
systemic wrongdoing in religious institutions, so that they can be
more effectively held to account. An international team of
contributors apply a necessarily multi-disciplinary approach to
this difficult subject. Chapters look closely at the sexual abuse
of minors by Roman Catholic clerics, explaining the complexity of
this issue, which cannot be reduced to simple misconduct, sexual
deviation, or a management failure alone. The book will help the
reader to better understand the social, organizational, and
cultural processes in the Church over recent decades, as well as
the intricate world of beliefs, moral rules, and behaviours. It
concludes with some strategies for change at the individual and
corporate levels that will better ensure safeguarding within the
Catholic Church and its affiliate institutions. This multifaceted
study gives a nuanced analysis of this huge organizational failure
and offers recommendations for effective ways of preventing it in
the future. As such, it will be of keen interest to scholars of
Religious Studies, Sociology of Religion, Psychology, Psychiatry,
Legal Studies, Ethics, Anthropology, Cultural Studies, History, and
Theology.
The Christian movement emerged amidst complex social tensions,
power politics, ethnic diversity, economic stress, and cultural
changes. Both biblical scholars and social scientists find that a
social scientific study of early Christian phenomena yields
fascinating results. However, biblical scholars are sometimes
unaware of the breadth of the useful social scientific concepts and
techniques, and social scientists sometimes lack the most basic
background in literary research methods. The Handbook of Early
Christianity provides a much needed overview for biblical scholars
and social scientists alike. Drawing on perspectives from
anthropology, archaeology, economics, history, literary analysis,
psychology, political science, and sociology, the Handbook shows
the myriad and complementary approaches that shed light on
Christianity's formation and early development. Twenty-seven
chapters from leading scholars along with a comprehensive
bibliography make this an essential reference for anyone wishing to
understand the social dynamics of Christianity's birth.
Catholic Social Thought presents detailed commentary and response
to the Vatican's 2005 Compendium of the Social Doctrine of the
Church, with contributions from outstanding American scholars.
Addressing theology, social theory, the family, economy,
government, labor, global society, gender, peace, and the
environment, the various authors explore the core theology, explain
the Compendium's themes and arguments, and apply their own
intellectual powers to applications of its teachings. Some of the
essays are largely expository, some more critical (in both positive
and negative senses). Some operate from a standard of magisterial
assent in conformity with Ad Tuendam Fidam, others do not.
Together, the essays represent the range of Catholic thinking on
social issues in the American Church today.
The SAGE Encyclopedia of the Sociology of Religion takes a
three-pronged look at this, namely investigating the role of
religion in society; unpacking and evaluating the significance of
religion in and on human history; and tracing and outlining the
social forces and influences that shape religion. This
encyclopedia covers a range of themes from: • fundamental topics
like definitions • secularization • dimensions of religiosity
to such emerging issues as civil religion • new religious
movements This Encyclopedia also addresses contemporary dilemmas
such as fundamentalism and extremism and the role of gender in
religion. Â
|
|