Disgraced : how sex scandals transformed American Protestantism / Suzanna Krivulskaya.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Krivulskaya, Suzanna, author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sex scandals--United States--History--19th century.

Sex scandals.

Sex scandals--United States--History--20th century.

Protestantism--United States--History.

Protestantism.

Protestants--United States.

Protestants.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (321 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2025]

Summary:

'Disgraced' is a sweeping religious and cultural history of Protestant sex scandals in nineteenth and twentieth century America. Suzanna Krivulskaya investigates the cultural consequences of scandal, what demands the public made of religion in response to revelations of pastoral misdeeds, and how Protestantism itself changed in the process. From the birth of the modern press to the advent of the internet age, the book traces the public downfalls of religious leaders who purported to safeguard the morality of the nation. Along the way, Protestant ministers' private transgressions journeyed from the privilege of silence to the spectacle of sensationalism.

Contents:

Cover

Disgraced: How Sex Scandals Transformed American Protestantism

Copyright

Dedication

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. Deplorable Subjects

2. Alienated Affections

3. Itinerant Passions

4. Institutional Responses

5. Vanishing Acts

6. Queer Silences

7. Public Relations

Epilogue

Notes

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Bibliography

Primary Sources

Secondary Sources

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource and publisher information; title from PDF title page (viewed on November 8, 2024).

ISBN:

9780197599716

0197599710

9780197599693

0197599699

9780197599709

0197599702

OCLC:

1467719896