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Spoils of the Kingdom -
Clergy Misconduct and Religious Community
by
Anson Shupe
Introduction by A.W. Richard Sipe
A multifaith examination of abuse by church leadership
In
Spoils of the Kingdom, Anson Shupe investigates clergy
misconduct as it has recently unfolded across five faith-based groups.
Looking at episodes of abuse in the Roman Catholic, Mormon, African
American Protestant, white Evangelical Protestant, and First Nations
communities, Spoils of the Kingdom tackles hard questions not
only about the sexual abuse of women and children, but also about
economic frauds perpetrated by church leaders (including embezzlement,
misrepresented missions, and outright theft) as well as cases of
excessively authoritarian control of members' health, lifestyles,
employment, and politics.
ANSON SHUPE is author of
In the Name of All That's Holy: A Theory of Clergy Malfeasance.
Available from University
of Illinois Press 2007 |
