Sex, power, control : responding to abuse in the institutional church /

Sex, power, control : responding to abuse in the institutional church /

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Author / Creator:	Gardner, Fiona, 1950- author.
Imprint:	Cambridge : Lutterworth Press, 2021. ©2021
Description:	xiii, 197 pages ; 24 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Child sexual abuse by clergy -- Religious aspects -- Church of England. Sexual misconduct by clergy. Clergy -- Sexual behavior -- Church of England. Offenses against the person -- Religious aspects -- Christianity. Control (Psychology) -- Religious aspects -- Christianity. Sexual misconduct by clergy.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12769652

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Other authors / contributors:	Parsons, Stevens writer of foreword
ISBN:	0718895622 9780718895624
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-192) and index.
Summary:	Given their rhetoric on safeguarding, the response of religious organisations to abuse by the clergy - sexual, physical and spiritual - has been inept, thoughtless, mean, and without any sense of urgency. Sex, Power, Control explores the underlying reasons for the mishandling of recent abuse cases. Using psychoanalytical and sociological insights, and including her own experiences as shown in the BBC documentary Exposed: The Church's Darkest Secret, Gardner asks why the Churches find themselves in such a crisis, and how issues of power and control have contributed to secrecy, deception and heartache. Drawing on survivor accounts and delving into the psychology of clergy abusers, she reveals a culture of avoidance and denial, while an examination of power dynamics highlights institutional narcissism and a hierarchical structure based on deference, with defensive assumptions linked to sex, gender and class. Sex, Power, Control is an invaluable resource for all those in the church or similar institutions, and for anyone concerned about child abuse.

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