Why do Americans presume to know “what’s really going on” in marginal religions? Sex abuse happens in all communities, but American religious outsiders often face disproportionate allegations of sexual abuse. Abusing Religion argues that sex abuse in minority religious communities is an American problem, not (merely) a religious one.
Why do Americans presume to know “what’s really going on” in marginal religions? Sex abuse happens in all communities, but American religious outsiders often face disproportionate allegations of sexual abuse. Abusing Religion argues that sex abuse in minority religious communities is an American problem, not (merely) a religious one.
MEGAN GOODWIN is the program director for Sacred Writes: Public Scholarship on Religion, a Henry R. Luce-funded project hosted by Northeastern University, and a visiting lecturer with Northeastern University’s Philosophy and Religion Department.
Inhaltsangabe
Contents Introduction: Contraceptive Nationalism 1 America’s Contraceptive Mentality: Catholic Co-belligerence and the New Christian Right Part I Sex, Abuse, and the Satanic Panic 2 Satan Sellers: Michelle Remembers and the Making of a Sex Abuse Panic 3 Believe the Children? Catholicizing Public Morality Part II Sex, Abuse, and American Islamophobia 4 Dark Religion for Dark People: Race, American Islam, and Not Without My Daughter 5 The War at Home: Muslim Masculinity as Domestic Violence Part III Sex, Abuse, and Mormon Fundamentalism 6 From Short Creek to Zion: Mormons, Polygyny, and Under the Banner of Heaven 7 This Is Not About Religion: Raiding Zion to Save It Conclusion: Sex, Abuse, and American Religion Epilogue: Religion Trains Us Like Roses Notes Selected Bibliography Acknowledgements Index
Contents Introduction: Contraceptive Nationalism 1 America’s Contraceptive Mentality: Catholic Co-belligerence and the New Christian Right Part I Sex, Abuse, and the Satanic Panic 2 Satan Sellers: Michelle Remembers and the Making of a Sex Abuse Panic 3 Believe the Children? Catholicizing Public Morality Part II Sex, Abuse, and American Islamophobia 4 Dark Religion for Dark People: Race, American Islam, and Not Without My Daughter 5 The War at Home: Muslim Masculinity as Domestic Violence Part III Sex, Abuse, and Mormon Fundamentalism 6 From Short Creek to Zion: Mormons, Polygyny, and Under the Banner of Heaven 7 This Is Not About Religion: Raiding Zion to Save It Conclusion: Sex, Abuse, and American Religion Epilogue: Religion Trains Us Like Roses Notes Selected Bibliography Acknowledgements Index
Es gelten unsere Allgemeinen Geschäftsbedingungen: www.buecher.de/agb
Impressum
www.buecher.de ist ein Shop der buecher.de GmbH & Co. KG Bürgermeister-Wegele-Str. 12, 86167 Augsburg Amtsgericht Augsburg HRA 13309
