Child sexual abuse and the Catholic Church : gender, power, and organizational culture /
Linking the personal and the institutional, the author locates the problem of child sexual abuse not just in individual pathology, but also within larger systemic factors, such as the very institution of priesthood itself, the Catholic take on sexuality, clerical culture, power relations, governance...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Oxford University Press,
©2012.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Linking the personal and the institutional, the author locates the problem of child sexual abuse not just in individual pathology, but also within larger systemic factors, such as the very institution of priesthood itself, the Catholic take on sexuality, clerical culture, power relations, governance structures of the Catholic Church, the process of formation for priesthood and religious life, and the complex manner in which these factors coalesce to create serious institutional risks for boundary violations, including child sexual abuse. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xxx, 355 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-335) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0199919607 9780199919604 |