Spoils of the Kingdom: Clergy Misconduct and Religious Community

by Anson Shupe

A multi-faith examination of abuse by church leadership

In Spoils of the Kingdom, Anson Shupe investigates clergy misconduct as it has recently unfolded across five faith_based groups. Looking at episodes of abuse in the Roman Catholic, Mormon, African American Protestant, white Evangelical Protestant, and First Nations communities, Spoils of the Kingdom tackles hard questions about the sexual abuse of women and children, but also...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0252031598
• ISBN13: 9780252031595
• Release Date: May 2007
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.4" x 9.1"