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Wolves within the Fold: Religious Leadership and Abuses of Power

Wolves within the Fold: Religious Leadership and Abuses of Power

Shupe, Anson

Paperback

Religion General CriminologyGeneral Christianity

ISBN10: 0813524903
ISBN13: 9780813524900
Publisher: Rutgers Univ Pr
Published: Feb 1 1998
Pages: 245
Weight: 0.87
Height: 0.63 Width: 6.02 Depth: 9.04
Language: English
Wolves within the Fold is the first collection of new articles dealing with abuse of authority by religious leaders and the victimization of their parishioners.

The power of religion as a symbolic, salvationÐpromising enterprise resides in its authority to create and shape reality for believers and command their obedience. This power can inspire tremendous acts of human kindness, charity, compassion, and hope. But witch hunts, inquisitions, crusades, and pogroms show us how religious authority can be used for far darker purposes. This abuse of power by religious authorities at the expense of their followers is termed clergy malfeasance by editor Anson Shupe and examined by the contributors to Wolves within the Fold.

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