| Abusing Religion: Literary Persecution, Sex Scandals, and American Minority Religions Contributor(s): Goodwin, Megan (Author) |
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ISBN: 1978807783 ISBN-13: 9781978807785 Publisher: Rutgers University Press OUR PRICE: $35.10 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2020 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Religion, Politics & State - Social Science | Sociology Of Religion - Literary Criticism | Subjects & Themes - Historical Events |
| Dewey: 201.764 |
| LCCN: 2019037925 |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 6" W x 8.9" (0.75 lbs) 232 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Sex abuse happens in all communities, but American minority religions often face disproportionate allegations of sexual abuse. Why, in a country that consistently fails to acknowledge--much less address--the sexual abuse of women and children, do American religious outsiders so often face allegations of sexual misconduct? Why does the American public presume to know "what's really going on" in minority religious communities? Why are sex abuse allegations such an effective way to discredit people on America's religious margins? What makes Americans so willing, so eager to identify religion as the cause of sex abuse? Abusing Religion argues that sex abuse in minority religious communities is an American problem, not (merely) a religious one. |