When Values Collide

by Chinnici, Joseph P.

• ISBN13: 9781570758737
• ISBN10: 1570758735
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-04-30
• Publisher: Orbis Books

Summary

Historian Joseph Chinnici served as provincial superior of the Franciscan Friars in California when the order was touched by clergy sexual abuse, several years before it became a national scandal. Blending a historian's skill and dispassion with his own very relevant experiences in a fraught atmosphere, he provides a rare look at what happened then and what must happen now, to re-establish confidence and trust. Book jacket.

Author Biography

Joseph P. Chinnici, a Franciscan Friar, is professor of church history at the Franciscan School of Theology, Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley, California. He is co-author of Prayer and Practice in the American Catholic Community and editor of the Franciscan Heritage Series.

Table of Contents

Introduction: The Catholic Church, Sexual Abuse, and Leadership	p. 7
The Church in Relation to the Times	p. 15
Confessions	p. 28
Intersections in the Church and Society	p. 60
Community and Power in the Church	p. 85
Power, Relationships, and the Franciscan Tradition I	p. 99
Power, Relationships, and the Franciscan Tradition II	p. 113
Ownership and Freedom	p. 133
Scandal and the Church	p. 157
The Soothing of Jerusalem	p. 186
Abbreviations	p. 191
Notes	p. 192
Index	p. 231
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