Description
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.
Details
Publisher - The Lutterworth Press
Author(s) - Fiona Gardner
Paperback
Published Date -
ISBN - 9780718895624
Dimensions - 23.4 x 15.6 x 1.1 cm
Page Count - 211
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