In the Name of All That's Holy: A Theory of Clergy Malfeasance

Anson Shupe

Bloomsbury Academic, Apr 25, 1995 - Education - 173 pages

Anson Shupe is a sociologist who has studied extensively the problem of clergy (priests, ministers, rabbis, gurus) who take advantage sexually or financially of members of their churches and groups—from televangelists like Jim Bakker or Robert Tilton to the infamous Father James Porter who sexually molested at least 200 children. Shupe's focus is not on the psychological motives of these miscreants, but rather on the reaction to their actions by the perpetrators themselves, by the organizations, and by the victims.

Anson Shupe is a sociologist who has studied extensively the problem of clergy (priests, ministers, rabbis, gurus) who take advantage sexually or financially of members of their churches and groups—from televangelists like Jim Bakker or Robert Tilton to the infamous Father James Porter who sexually molested at least 200 children. Shupe's focus is not on the psychological motives of these miscreants, but rather on the reaction to their actions by the perpetrators themselves, by the organizations, and by the victims.

About the author

ANSON SHUPE is a Professor of Sociology at the joint campus of Indiana State University-Purdue University at Fort Wayne, IN.Shupe is the author of numerous books and articles on family violence, religious movements and issues, and criminology/deviance as applied to religion.

Bibliographic information

• Title: In the Name of All That's Holy: A Theory of Clergy Malfeasance
• Author: Anson Shupe
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic, 1995
• ISBN: 0275946800, 9780275946807
• Length: 173 pages
• Subjects: Education / General; Religion / Clergy; Religion / General; Religion / History; Religion / Leadership; Religion / Theology; Social Science / Criminology; Social Science / Sociology / General; Social Science / Sociology of Religion