God, Sex and Power

After twenty years of reform, most church leaders can give an ethical analysis about why clergy sexual abuse is bad. Yet when many churches respond to complaints, committees are frequently inept in holding clergy abusers accountable, and clergy leaders are still likely to abuse their power over othe...

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Main Author: Poling, James (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group 2005
In: Theology & sexuality
Year: 2005, Volume: 11, Issue: 2, Pages: 55-70
Online Access: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
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Summary:After twenty years of reform, most church leaders can give an ethical analysis about why clergy sexual abuse is bad. Yet when many churches respond to complaints, committees are frequently inept in holding clergy abusers accountable, and clergy leaders are still likely to abuse their power over others. This article focuses on understanding clergy sexual abuse as a tangle of pathologies of theology, power and sexuality.
ISSN:1745-5170
Contains:Enthalten in: Theology & sexuality
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1177/1355835805051878