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Spoils of the Kingdom : clergy misconduct and religious community / Anson Shupe ; introduction by A.W. Richard Sipe.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Shupe, Anson D.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Clergy--Professional ethics--United States--History.
- Clergy.
- Crime--Religious aspects--Christianity--History.
- Crime.
- Social exchange--Religious aspects--Christianity.
- Social exchange.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (186 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Urbana : University of Illinois Press, c2007.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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, mis-represented missions, and outright theft) as well as cases of excessively authoritarian control of members' health, lifestyles, employment, and politics.Drawing on case evidence, Shupe employs classical and modern social exchange theories to explain the institutional dynamics of clergy misconduct. He argues that there is an implicit contract of reciprocity and compliance between congregants and religious leaders that, when amplified by the charismatic awe often associated with religious authorities, can lead to misconduct.
- Contents:
- Communities of faith and clergy malfeasance in modern times
- The logic of social exchange theory and clergy malfeasance
- The iron law of clergy elitism
- Authenticity lost : faith and victimization
- Reactance, crime, and sin.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 125-141) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786613895721
- 9781283583275
- 1283583275
- 9780252092404
- 0252092406
- OCLC:
- 811410287
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