Sex, Power, Control

Responding to Abuse in the Institutional Church

Häftad, Engelska, 2021

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A powerful and revealing account of how the Church of England failed to come to terms with the child abuse scandal within its own ranks.Given their rhetoric on safeguarding, the response of religious organisations to abuse by the clergy - sexual, physical and spiritual - has been inept, thoughtless, mean, and without any sense of urgency. Sex, Power, Control explores the underlying reasons for the mishandling of recent abuse cases.Using psychoanalytical and sociological insights, and including her own experiences as shown in the BBC documentary Exposed: The Church's Darkest Secret, Gardner asks why the Churches find themselves in such a crisis, and how issues of power and control have contributed to secrecy, deception and heartache.Drawing on survivor accounts and delving into the psychology of clergy abusers, she reveals a culture of avoidance and denial, while an examination of power dynamics highlights institutional narcissism and a hierarchical structure based on deference, with defensive assumptions linked to sex, gender and class. Sex, Power, Control is an invaluable resource for all those in the church or similar institutions, and for anyone concerned about child abuse.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2021-02-25
Mått228 x 152 x 12 mm
Vikt330 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieLutterworth Press
Antal sidor211
FörlagBoydell & Brewer Ltd
ISBN9780718895624

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Fiona Gardner is a writer and spiritual director. She has worked as a diocesan safeguarding advisor in the Church of England for six years, and prior to that as a social worker and psychoanalytic psychotherapist. Her previous publications include Taking Heart (forthcoming), The Only Mind Worth Having (2015), Precious Thoughts (2011), The Four Steps of Love (2007) and Journeying Home (2004), as well as books and articles on psychoanalysis.

GlossaryAcknowledgementsForeword by Stephen Parsons1. Introduction - Stripping away the Veneer2. Survivor Accounts3. The Mind of the Abuser4. How the Church Has Responded5. Surface Awareness - Policies, Guidelines and Training6. Dynamics of Power and Control in the Institutional Church7. Charismatic Power and Contro8. The Influence of the Public School Ethos within the Institutional Church9. Sex and Gender10. Spiritual Abuse, the Spiritual Sickness within the Church and Signs of HopeAfterwordEndnotesBibliographyIndex