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Pedophiles and Priests : Anatomy of a Contemporary Crisis
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Pedophiles and Priests : Anatomy of a Contemporary Crisis Hardcover - 1996

by Jenkins, Philip

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  • Title Pedophiles and Priests : Anatomy of a Contemporary Crisis
  • Author Jenkins, Philip
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First Edition
  • Condition Used - Good
  • Pages 224
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Oxford University Press, Incorporated, New York
  • Date 1996-01
  • Bookseller's Inventory # GRP95988387
  • ISBN 9780195095654 / 0195095650
  • Weight 1.06 lbs (0.48 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.56 x 6.38 x 0.84 in (24.28 x 16.21 x 2.13 cm)
  • Themes
    • Religious Orientation: Catholic
    • Religious Orientation: Christian
  • Library of Congress subjects Child sexual abuse by clergy - United States, Catholic Church - Clergy - Sexual behavior -
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 95045625
  • Dewey Decimal Code 362.76

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From the rear cover

If we can believe the six o'clock news, there has been an epidemic of sexual abuse among the clergy, and especially among the Roman Catholic clergy. We have certainly seen many well-publicized cases, with front-page photos of priests led off to jail, and television interviews of parents afraid to let their children associate with clergy. But did the news media get the story right? Is there really an epidemic of clergy sex abuse? And is there, as some charge, something about the institution of the priesthood itself that attracts or creates pedophiles? Neither an expose nor an apology, Pedophiles and Priests takes a close, dispassionate look at the entire history of this mushrooming scandal, from the first rumblings to today's headlines. Philip Jenkins has written a fascinating, exhaustive, and above all even-handed account that not only puts this particular crisis in perspective, but offers an eye-opening look at the way in which an issue takes hold of the popular imagination. Jenkins argues convincingly not only that clergy sex abuse is far less widespread than the headlines suggest, but that there is nothing at all particularly Roman Catholic about the problem.

Media reviews

Citations

  • New York Times, 01/28/1996, Page 22
  • Publishers Weekly, 01/29/1996, Page 94

About the author

About the Author:
Philip Jenkins is a Professor of History and Religious Studies at Pennsylvania State University. His books include Intimate Enemies: Moral Panics in Contemporary Britain and Using Murder: The Social Construction of Serial Homicide

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