1st Edition
Pastoral Misconduct The American Black Church Examined
By Janelle M. Eliasson-Nannini
Copyright 2012
208 Pages
by
Routledge
210 Pages
by
Routledge
208 Pages
by
Routledge
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In the past, clergy malfeasance was mentioned only in passing by group members or adherents. The subject was invisible and those who studied it were often stigmatized as hostile to religion itself. Today clergy misconduct is acknowledged as a social problem with growing conceptual and theoretical implications. In Pastoral Misconduct, Anson Shupe and Janelle M. Eliasson-Nannini argue that the... Read more
1: Minority Religions in the American Context—An Introduction; 2: Black History, Black Religion, and the Salient Identity of Pastor and Congregation in the Minority Church; 3: The Abuses of Black Pastoral Power; 4: Authority and Aggrandizement within the American Black Church; 5: Black Pastoral Misdeeds, Charisma, and Identity Salience; 6: Understanding Black Pastoral Malfeasance and Laity
Biography
Janelle M. Eliasson-Nannini
