Understanding Clergy Misconduct in Religious Systems

by Benyei; Candace R

• ISBN13: 9780789004529
• ISBN10: 0789004526
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 1998-03-24
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Understanding Clergy Misconduct in Religious Systems helps you see leaders of religious institutions in a way that the world has been afraid to see them--in a glass clearly. Enriched with metaphoric myths and fairy tales instead of technical jargon, its unique systemic perspective reveals the psychodynamics behind the obsession with family secrets and lets you understand this dysfunction from the perspectives of victim, abuser, and counselor.

Table of Contents

Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments
The Congregation As a Family System	p. 1
The Illusion of Eden and the Fortified City	p. 21
God Transference, the Good Object, and the Makeup of Ministers	p. 33
Mirroring God: Clergy in Relationship	p. 47
The Issue of Clergy Sexual Misconduct	p. 59
Vulnerability and the Psychology of the Victim	p. 73
The Scapegoat As the Bearer of Evil	p. 85
Untold Tales and Skeletons in the Closet	p. 101
The Case of Hope Church	p. 121
Reowning Responsibility	p. 145
Postscript: Becoming a Functional Spiritual Family	p. 167
Clinical Presentation of Survivors of Sexual Abuse	p. 173
Notes	p. 175
Glossary	p. 183
Index	p. 189
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