RT Book
T1 Abusing religion: literary persecution, sex scandals, and American minority religions
A1 Goodwin, Megan
LA English
PP New Brunswick Camden Newark, New Jersey London
PB Rutgers University Press
YR 2020
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1672292441
AB "Sex abuse happens in all communities, but American minority religions often face disproportionate allegations of sexual abuse. Why, in a country that consistently fails to acknowledge-much less address-the sexual abuse of women and children, do American religious outsiders so often face allegations of sexual misconduct? Why does the American public presume to know "what's really going on" in minority religious communities? Why are sex abuse allegations such an effective way to discredit people on America's religious margins? What makes Americans so willing, so eager to identify religion as the cause of sex abuse? Abusing Religion argues that sex abuse in minority religious communities is an American problem, not (merely) a religious one"--
NO Includes bibliographical references and index
CN BL2525
SN 9781978807785
SN 9781978807792
K1 Sex crimes : Religious aspects : Public opinion
K1 Americans : Public opinion
K1 United States : Religion
K1 USA : Religion : Sexueller Missbrauch